LLB Degree Modules at UJ

On this page, you will see the LLB Degree Modules offered at the University of Johannesburg (UJ).

LLB Degree Modules offered at UJ:

First Year LLB Modules:

1. Legal Skills
2. Introduction to Legal Studies
3. Law of Persons and the Family
4. English 1A English 1B, or English 1C English 1D, or English for Law
5. A further two semester modules from one of the following module groups: Development Studies, Historical Studies, Politics, Psychology, Accounting, Economics, Sociology, Zulu

Second Year LLB Modules:

1. Constitutional Law
2. Criminal Law
3. Human Rights
4. Indigenous Law
5. International Law
6. Interpretation of Statutes
7. Law of Delict
8. Law of Succession

Third Year LLB Modules:

1. Administrative Law
2. Law of Civil Procedure
3. Law of Contract (including specific contracts)
4. Law of Criminal Procedure
5. Law of Evidence and Litigation T echniques
6. Law of Property

Fourth Year LLB Modules:

1. Applied Legal Studies
2. Research Methodology
3. Law of Negotiable Instruments
4. Business Enterprises Law
5. Capita Selecta: Private Law
6. Jurisprudence
7. Labour Law
8. Law of Insolvency
9. Private International Law
10. Tax Law
11. One of the following four-semester modules: Capita Selecta: Mercantile Law (including Intellectual Property Law, Insurance Law (with Third-Party Compensation Law) and Competition Law), International Trade Law, Social Security Law, Cyber Law.

BA Law Modules at UJ

First Year BA Law Modules:

1. Legal Skills
2. Introduction to Legal Studies
3. Law of Persons and the Family
4. English 1A English 1B, or English 1C English 1D, or English for Law
5. A further two semester modules from one of the following module groups: Development Studies, Historical Studies, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, Zulu

Second Year BA Law Modules:

1. Constitutional Law
2. Indigenous Law
3. Law of Delict
4. Law of Succession
5. Two semester modules from one of the following module groups not selected under 5 in the first year: Afrikaans, Anthropology, Development Studies, French, Historical Studies, Zulu.
6. Two semester modules from one of the following module groups of which the modules were passed under 4 or 5 of the first year: Development Studies, Historical Studies, Politics, Psychology, Sociology.

Third Year BA Law Modules:

1. Human Rights
2. International Law
3. Law of Contract (including specific contracts)
4. Law of Property