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