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LAW 121 Legal Methods

100 levelLaw10 topics

LAW 121 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Nature and functions of law in social context
  2. Law, order, morality, justice and the state
  3. Classification of law
  4. Social control through law
  5. Legal reasoning and the judicial process
  6. Ratio decidendi and obiter dictum
  7. Doctrine of judicial precedent
  8. Sources of law: statutory and judicial materials
  9. Case citation and law reporting
  10. Legal research, legal writing and professional ethics

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Nature and functions of law in social context

This topic examines what law is, how it operates within society, and the major functions it performs in maintaining order, resolving disputes, protecting rights, and guiding social change. For examination purposes, you must master both the concept of law in its social setting and the reasons society treats law as a central institution rather than merely a set of commands.

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