The law of persons deals with legal personality (when it start/ends) and the rights and responsibilities that accompany it. It also describes a person’s legal status (their capacity to make decisions) such as whether they are a minor, a prodigal or mental ill. In this branch of the private law we explore legal personality and status through asking questions such as:
· Who is a person in the eyes of the law?
· How does legal personality begin and end?
· What are the different classes of persons recognised by the law?
· How is a person’s status determined in the law?
· What are the main factors that affect a person’s status in our law?
Module outcomes are:
Upon completing the module, you should be able to:
· Know and understand the basic common law and statutory rules affecting a person’s status in South African Law;
· Be able to identify and solve particular legal problems from a given set of facts (using the IRAC formula); and
· Understand the impact of the Constitution on aspects of a person’s status as and where applicable.
- Teacher: Celimpilo Khumalo
- Teacher: Simangele Daisy Mavundla
- Teacher: Ann Strode