DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW

COURSE FRAMEWORK

CRIMINAL LAW 314

2025

NQF Level 7
12 Credits
Notional hour s: 120 hour s
Table of contents
1. Word of welcome ................................................................ 3
2. Contact details ................................................................... 3
2.1 Lecturer Dr Mary Nel ....................................................................... 3
2.2 Assistant: Carlin Carelse ................................................................... 4
2.3 Departmental Secretary: Ms Sibulele Buthelezi-Vala ................................. 5
2.4 Communication with parents: ............................................................ 5
3. Contact sessions ................................................................. 5
3.1 Lectures ...................................................................................... 5
3.2 Notional hours ............................................................................... 5
3.3 Class and assessment timetable clashes and attendance ............................ 6
3.4 Special Needs/Concessions for tests ..................................................... 7
5. Outcomes of the module ....................................................... 8
6. Resources ......................................................................... 9
6.1 Compulsory resources: ..................................................................... 9
6.2 Supplementary optional resources...................................................... 10
7. Assessment ...................................................................... 11
7.1 Assessment criteria ........................................................................ 11
7.2 Assessment strategy ....................................................................... 11
7.3 Assessment opportunities and weightings ............................................. 12
7.3.1 AF1 (online podcast quizzes) ....................................................... 13
7.3.2 AF2 (written assignment) ........................................................... 13
7.3.3 AF3 (video project) ................................................................... 13
7.3.4 A1 (in-person test) ................................................................... 13
7.3.5 A2 (in-person exam).................................................................. 14
7.3.6 A3 (in-person exam).................................................................. 14
7.4 Assessment queries ........................................................................ 16
8. Language policy ................................................................ 16
9. Plagiarism & copyright ........................................................ 17
11. Study tips........................................................................ 18
12. Framework ...................................................................... 18

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1. Word of welcome

Welcome to Criminal Law 314. Criminal Law 314 is presented by the Department of
Public Law. The Criminal Law 314 module will bring you into contact with South African
Public Law, which deals with the relationship between the state and its subjects.
Criminal Law forms part of Public Law in that it deals with the state’s power to impose
punishment on its subjects. Subjects may only be punished once thay have been
convicted of conduct that has been prohibited and declared punishable by law. This
course is the first time you will be exposed to the rules relating to what the state needs
to prove beyond reasonable doubt to convict someone of a crime, and deals with the
most important aspects of the general principles of South African Criminal Law, the
application of which forms the basis for conviction and punishment.

A prerequisite for this module is Constitutional Law 244, and Law of Criminal Procedure
214 is a corequisite.

2. Contact details

2.1 Lecturer Dr Mary Nel

Office: 2038 Old Main Building

Email: [email protected]
Tel: 021 808 3192

Consultation hours:

Students are welcome to consult Dr Nel during the following consultation hours:

• Monday 11h00-13h00
• Tuesday 10h00-12h00
• Wednesday 11h00-13h00

Please note that consultations are only to be scheduled via email, by contacting your
lecturer directly. You are please to include a variety of days/times that you are
available, subject to your class timetable, within the body of the email (do not attach
a scan/copy of your timetable as an attachment to your email). Online consultations
can also be arranged outside office consultation hours if required.
Consultation and email communication policy:

Students are welcome to consult with the lecturer during their consultation hours.
Please note that the lecturer will not address substantive queries regarding the module
content through email correspondence. If you have a query regarding the module
content, schedule an appointment with your lecturer as per the procedure outlined
above in paragraph 2.1.

Emails seeking information where the information is already contained in either the
course framework or the university’s general rules and policies, or the Faculty’s
Calendar/Yearbook, or which has been announced in class or on SunLearn, will not
be replied to. If you do not receive a reply to an email, please consult these sources
of information.

Please note that emails or any behaviour that is rude, abusive or threatening will not
be tolerated and the Faculty will not hesitate to institute disciplinary action in such
circumstances. Students are furthermore requested to use the appropriate style
guidelines and register that would be expected of written communication within a
professional context.

Students are reminded to include, at the very least, the following in all email
correspondence with your lecturer/faculty staff:

• Your full name and student number;

• Your degree programme; and
• The specific module that your correspondence is applicable to.

2.2 Assistant: Carlin Carelse

Office: 1029 Old Main Building

Email: [email protected]

Consultation hours:

Students are welcome to consult Carlin Carelse during the following consultation hours:

• Tuesday 10h00-12h00
• Wednesday 10h00-12h00
• Friday 11h00-13h00

NB: Please note that all queries regarding the module should first be directed to the
module assistant and not the departmental secretary.

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2.3 Departmental Secretary: Ms Sibulele Buthelezi-Vala

Office: 2042 Old Main Building

Email: [email protected]
Tel: 021 808 3195

2.4 Communication with parents:

SU respects students’ privacy. That also means that SU recognises that students’
personal information (including academic results) belongs to students and not to their
parents and that there are no legal grounds on which SU may give the information to
the parent, including in personal conversations, without the student’s written consent.

We recognise with great appreciation parents’ interest in their children and as a gesture
of goodwill we will discuss students’ study matters with their parents, but only with
the written consent of the student concerned.

3. Contact sessions

3.1 Lectures

There are three lectures per week for Criminal Law 314 during the first semester.

• First lecture: Mondays at 14h00-15h00 in Jan Mouton 3010

• Second lecture: Tuesdays at 12h00-13h00 in Chemistry (First Years) 2011
• Third lecture: Wednesdays at 14h00-15h00 in Krotoa 1001

Full information about the themes and topics to be covered, as well as relevant week
by week information on what you need to prepare for each contact session, is available
on SUNLearn under each theme’s “WHAT SHOULD I DO, AND BY WHEN?” pdf document
as well as the “Criminal Law 314 Dates and Deadlines” document under “General Course
Information”.

3.2 Notional hours

Notional hours represents the agreed estimated learning time taken by the average
student to achieve the specified learning outcomes of a module (DHET, 2014; DHET,
2021). This is not a precise measure but indicates the amount of study time and degree
of commitment expected. This includes, inter alia, consideration of contact time (in
lectures and tutorials (if applicable), any research, completion of assignments,

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individual learning of the content and all assessments. Each credit allocated to a
module represents ten notional hours, i.e., a ten-credit module is equal to 100 notional
hours and would indicate that the average student would need 100 hours to achieve the
identified outcomes and obtain the necessary knowledge and skills.

Please note the following about the notional hours for Criminal Law 314:

• It is a semester module comprising 12 credits, which means that you should spend
120 notional hours working on the module contents.

• The module is a first semester module. The first semester in 2025 is 13 weeks long.
This division translates to roughly 9 hours per week that you should devote to
Criminal Law 314 during the first semester.

• You should bear in mind that 3 hours per week will be dedicated to contact sessions;
the remaining 6 hours per week should be divided between time spent on preparing
for lectures, engaging with prescribed material, including listening to podcasts,
carrying out various formative and summative assessments and time spent on private
study.

3.3 Class and assessment timetable clashes and attendance

Please note that no student is allowed to register for any two modules that may clash
on either the class timetable or assessment schedule. It is the student’s responsibility
to check all timetables and make sure there are no clashes. Students are requested to
consult the University’s General Calendar, Part 1 [“Admission and Registration]” (2025),
under “Application, admission and registration as a student”, paragraph 4.2.7
[“Limitations with regard to registration for modules on the basis of timetable clashes]
in regards to the aforementioned provisions.1

Please note further the following wording from the University’s General Calendar, Part
1 (2025), [“Assessments and promotions”], (6.) [“Generally applicable assessment
rules”], paragraph 6.2.1, under the heading “Admission to assessments”: “Students
shall not be admitted to the assessments in a module unless they are registered for the
module, have attended the required contact sessions for the module and have, up to
the assessment, satisfactorily performed the work prescribed in such module”.2 Please
note that class attendance is accordingly compulsory, as it constitutes an integral part
of the outcomes and assessment criteria in this module.

1
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Documents/Yearbooks/Current/2025-Part-1-General-Rules.pdf
2
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Documents/Yearbooks/Current/2025-Part-1-General-Rules.pdf

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3.4 Special Needs/Concessions for tests

The Faculty of Law is committed to provide its students with special needs with
academic and related support where reasonably feasible. Students with special needs
should timeously engage and communicate with the relevant institutional structures
(e.g. the University’s Disability Unit) and their lecturers. Students are reminded that
the assessment concession process is now managed within the SUNStudent platform,
and are to familiarise themselves (if applicable) with the functionality of the
application process. In respect of these assessment concessions, applications must be
submitted via the necessary platform mechanism by the applicable deadlines as set
annually by the University.

To be able to support students in the classroom environment (if applicable), students

are requested to inform all of their lecturers of any specific needs and requirements
within the first two weeks of the academic semester. This is to enable lecturers to
consider the requests for accommodation, and to plan for the provision of reasonable
accommodation where possible.

Note: Any such application for a concession is subject to reasonable accommodation

within the capacity of the Faculty.

4. Teaching and learning approach

Criminal Law 314 is a module that prioritises active student learning. This means that
you are not just expected to memorise legal material and regurgitate it in a test or
exam – you need to really understand it and make it your own so that you can apply it
to new scenarios. You will benefit most from lectures if you come prepared, and have
listened to the podcasts and read the pages in the textbook and court cases that apply
to the work being discussed in class. All information about what you need to prepare
ahead of time, and by when, is available on SUNLearn. Lectures are as interactive
as is possible in a large class. Please feel free to ask questions at any time, and be
prepared to answer questions about the work posed by the lecturer.

One of the ways that Criminal Law 314 helps you to learn how to apply your legal
knowledge is through the use of so-called “concept maps” and not PowerPoint slides
as lecture aids. Concept maps give a visual representation of how the different
concepts that you will be learning about fit together in themes and topics, as well as
where and how the cases and other materials we use as authority, apply to these themes
and topics. Using concept maps should help you see the “bigger picture” of criminal
law, and to promote deep learning and understanding of the concepts, rather than just
memorisation of the contents of a PowerPoint slide.

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Overall, Criminal Law 314 uses a “blended learning” approach – learning in face-to-
face class as well as online. Here are some of the ways that blended learning is
promoted in this course:

During the course of the semester you will have to complete a series of compulsory
online Assessments Further (AFs) about the study material on SUNLearn. We will
mostly use a “flipped classroom” approach. What this means is that short podcasts
about each section of the work will be made available on SunLearn, and you will be
expected to listen to them and complete online quizzes on their content prior to the
main lectures covering that topic. In main lectures we will be applying the content
material contained in the podcasts in a more practical and interactive way, to make
sure you understand it rather than are just able to memorise it. Because the legal theory
will not necessarily be rehashed in depth in class, engaging with the podcasts and
related online tests is very important to make sure you understand the particular
content material. The online AFs count 10% of your Final Mark.

You can also complete group project whereby you hand in a 60-90 second film clip
illustrating and explaining a legal concept or a case or a legal issue relevant to this
course. Provided it fulfils certain criteria, it will contribute 3% towards your Final Mark
for Criminal Law 314. For more on the video project, see par 7.3.3 below.

All the more detailed sources and information mentioned in class will not be handed
out to you. You will be expected to find them yourself on SUNLearn. This includes
links to all court cases and other sources referred to or discussed in class. In addition,
all the course information and concept maps of the topics covered in class are available
on SUNLearn.

5. Outcomes of the module

This course covers the general principles of Criminal Law and aims to equip you with
the most important knowledge and skills that you will need to practice Criminal Law
one day. After exploring the values underlying Criminal Law and the principle of
legality, we will be discussing the elements of the crime, namely conduct, causation,
unlawfulness, criminal capacity and fault, before considering incomplete crimes.

After successfully completing the module you will be able to:

• explain the building-blocks of criminal liability, including demonstrating that you

understand the interactions and distinctions between the five elements of the
crime.

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• identify which one or more of the five elements of the crime / forms of criminal
liability is at issue when confronted with a complex factual scenario;

• identify which one or more of the potential defences excluding criminal liability may
be applicable when confronted with a complex factual scenario;

• apply your knowledge about criminal law theory and legal principles to a complex
factual scenario so as to evaluate / argue whether criminal liability could ensue
based on a particular set of facts; and

• critically evaluate Criminal Law principles, concepts and rules in context.

To achieve these aims, certain things will be expected of you:

• you will have to listen to, read and study the material prescribed for this course so
that you know it well; and

• you will have to practise applying the study material to complex hypothetical
problem scenarios by completing the assessment opportunities (the written AFs, A1,
A2 and A3 if applicable) throughout the semester. You will need to attend ALL
lectures and participate in class discussions and activities so that you learn how to
apply your knowledge.

6. Resources

6.1 Compulsory resources:

• The prescribed textbook is Snyman’s Criminal Law (updated by SV Hoctor)

7th edition, LexisNexis 2020 (“Hoctor/Snyman”).

• Another excellent textbook is Burchell Principles of Criminal Law 5th edition, Juta
2016 (“Burchell”), which will be referred to regularly to highlight contrasting
approaches to various legal issues also discussed in Hoctor/Snyman. It is not the
prescribed / compulsory textbook, however.

• On SUNLearn there are problem questions based on hypothetical complex factual

scenarios that you can use to practice answering questions about the work, some of
which will be handed in as written assignments and one of which will be marked.
SUNLearn also has notes on “How to answer a practical problem question”, which is
crucial information for approaching Criminal Law assessments effectively and well.

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• There is comprehensive information about each course theme on SUNLearn too. All
content, including case law (both prescribed and non-prescribed), legislation,
podcasts, concept maps, etc. that will be used for the course, is available on
SUNLearn under each theme that will be covered. This includes translated versions
of prescribed cases that were originally reported in Afrikaans. You will NOT be
receiving hard copies of the prescribed cases, but may print your own if you wish.

• As mentioned above, Criminal Law 314 main lectures are presented using “concept
maps”. You will be given hard copies of concept maps about each topic that we
will cover as aids to explain the work. You will be expected to make class notes to
supplement the concept maps based on our class discussions. These concept maps
are also available in interactive and printable form on SUNLearn under “Concept
Maps”. Interactive versions of the concept maps include hyperlinks to many the
resources we will be using in the course as well as to other concept maps. If you
choose to do so, you may set up your own concept maps to help you study the work.
To do so, you can acquire the “concept mapping” software called CmapTools. It is
available free of charge at https://cmap.ihmc.us/products/. The program is saved
on your device as IHMC CMapTools. More information about concept maps is also
available at http://cmap.ihmc.us/

6.2 Supplementary optional resources

• Snyman Strafreg 6th edition, Lexis Nexis 2012

➢ especially recommended for Afrikaans students as a supplementary source,
although it is outdated.
• Kemp et al Criminal Law in South Africa, 4th edition Oxford University Press 2023
➢ A textbook that also has useful questions, summaries and discussions about
Criminal Law topics.

• Burchell Cases and Materials on Criminal Law 4th edition, Juta 2016
➢ Contains translations of many of the original Afrikaans cases in the case book;
➢ NB: Is an optional extra source for English-speaking students, but is NOT a
complete source, as it does not contain all the prescribed cases!
• Burchell South African Criminal Law and Procedure Vol I General Principles of
Criminal Law 4th edition, Juta 2011

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You are reminded that the compulsory and optional resources may be supplemented
during the course of the module. Any supplement to the compulsory and optional
resources shall be announced in class and be made available on SUNlearn. You are
reminded that should supplementary resources be added, this course framework shall
not necessarily be updated. Class attendance is therefore imperative.

7. Assessment

You are reminded that no assumptions are to be made regarding the assessment
strategy or approach used for a particular module, with significant variations being
possible within the same Department, or year group. Please be sure to read through
the following paragraphs carefully, and to stay abreast of any announcements made on
SUNLearn or in class by your lecturer, in order to familiarise yourself with what is
required to successfully complete a module.

7.1 Assessment criteria

Throughout the semester there will be a number of different types of assessment

opportunities, during which you will be expected to demonstrate that you have
mastered the following:

• that you have a good knowledge and understanding of the general principles of
Criminal Law, including the various elements of the crime, as well as topics such as
incomplete crimes, the principle of legality and the values and aims of Criminal Law;

• that you are able to use your knowledge about the elements of the crime to analyse
complex factual scenarios in order to identify the applicable legal principles and
apply them to the facts to determine whether criminal liability would ensue; &

• that you are able to construct clear, cogent, logical, critical and analytical Criminal
Law arguments using accepted methods of legal reasoning.

7.2 Assessment strategy

Take note of the following regarding the assessment strategy for Criminal Law 314:

• There will be no formal Class Mark (“predicate”) for the module. Only a Final Mark
(“FM”) will be entered onto the central system of the University on the prescribed
dates for loading marks;

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• The FM will be determined based on your performance in the various (summative
and formative) assessment opportunities as described below;

• A FM of 50% must be achieved to pass the module;

• To obtain a passing FM, you must complete the following main summative
assessment opportunities: A1 and A2;

• If you miss both the A1 and A2 opportunities you will fail the module and no further
assessment opportunities will be available to you;

• You will however have access to the A3 if you have missed either the A1 or A2
opportunity;

• If you have failed to obtain a FM of at least 50% after the completion of both the
prior summative assessment opportunities (A1 and A2), you will also gain access to
the A3;

• During the semester, you will have the opportunity to complete a variety of
Assessments Further (“AFs”). AFs provide you with a further opportunity to learn
and engage with the course materials. The AFs in this module are not compulsory,
in the sense that you will still be permitted to write the main summative assessments
even if you don’t complete them, but if you do not complete / hand in an AF in time
you will forfeit the marks for that AF. AFs contribute to the FM as indicated below
(discussed further under the heading “Assessments Opportunities and Weightings”
below).

7.3 Assessment opportunities and weightings

Criminal Law 314 is a semester module. The module has two main summative
assessment opportunities, namely A1 and A2. There is an additional assessment
opportunity, namely A3, which is available under limited circumstances. There are also
a variety of formative assessment opportunities or assessments further (AFs). These are
not compulsory, but completion thereof is strongly advised since they count 20%
towards your FM. For information about the relative weight for each assessment, etc.,
see the table below. More information about the respective AF and A1, A2 and A3
assessment opportunities are set out below:

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7.3.1 AF1 (online podcast quizzes)

Each Criminal law topic has at least one short podcast that must be listened to before
that topic is discussed in class. Once you have listened to a podcast, you need to
complete a short online quiz about that podcast. Information about the timing of the
quizzes is in the “Dates and deadlines” documents on SUNLearn. There are many
quizzes (well over 50) so each quiz contributes only a small percentage to the overall
AF1 mark, which is 10% of your Final Mark.

7.3.2 AF2 (written assignment)

Through the semester there will be the opportunity to hand in four short written
assignments which require you to show critical insight into a criminal law-related issue
or case. One of your four answers will be marked randomly by the lecturer and counts
7% towards your Final Mark. If you have not handed in the assignment picked for random
marking, you will receive 0 for the AF2.

7.3.3 AF3 (video project)

You can complete an group project whereby students, in groups of 5, hand in a 60-90
second film/video clip illustrating and explaining a legal concept or a case or a legal
issue relevant to this course. The video must be a clear, visible and audible mp4 file.
It must be educational and informative, but in addition, it must be imaginative,
entertaining and/or original, or at least, present the information in an alternative,
interesting way. If it is not legally correct and complete, or if it is offensive or
inappropriate for public viewing, it will also not receive credit. If the clip fulfils the
above criteria, each student in the group will be allocated 3% towards their Final Mark.
This 3% is in the lecturer’s sole discretion – all or nothing.

7.3.4 A1 (in-person test)

This assessment will require you to crticially apply the legal principles discussed during
the module to a set or sets of facts. An impression mark will be given of your answers
based on the criteria outlined in para 7.1 above. The assessment is partially open-book
in that you can bring into the venue a single A3 sheet of paper (a “crib sheet”, if you
will!) with any of your own notes, etc written or drawn on it to consult during the
assessment. You may not include anything on the A3 that is printed or on separate stcky
notes, etc, (i.e., everything on it must be written/drawn with your own hand). No other

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sources may be brought in. You need to hand in the A3 page along with your assessment,
and you will allocated a mark for the quality of the A3 page’s notes , which is 2% of the
30% that the A1 assessment contributes to your Final Mark.

7.3.5 A2 (in-person exam)

All the information outlined above regarding A1 in para 7.3.4 also applies to this
assessment. The only difference is that this assessment is longer and contributes more
towards your Final Mark (see table below for details). Please note that you will not
receive a separate mark for your A3 “crib sheet” so do not need to hand it in.

7.3.6 A3 (in-person exam)

All the information outlined above regarding A1 in para 7.3.4 also applies to this
assessment. The only difference is that this assessment is longer and contributes more
towards your Final Mark (see table below for details). Please note that you will not
receive a separate mark for your A3 “crib sheet” so do not need to hand it in.

You will only have access to the A3 in one of the following circumstances:

• If you have missed ONE of the following assessment opportunities: A1 or A2. In this
scenario, A3 will serve as a substitute assessment for the missed assessment and will
be weighted the same as the missed opportunity. You do not have to provide a
reason for missing the aforementioned assessment opportunity and are therefore
not required to provide medical certificates or other substantiating documentation;
OR

• If you have completed A1 and A2 but have failed to achieve a passing Final Mark of
at least 50% after A2. In this scenario, the A3 will serve as supplementary main
assessment. If the A3 is written as a supplementary main assessment, your FM will
be capped at 50%.

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You will not have access to the A3 when:

• You have missed both of the following assessment opportunities: A1 and A2. In
this event, no further assessment opportunities will be available to you and you
will consequently fail the module.

Assessment Type of assessment Weight of Date of

opportunity assessment assessment
towards FM

AF1 (Online Online, open-book, short 10% Dates available

podcast quizzes) answer or multiple choice. on SUNLearn

AF2 (Written Four open-book written 7% Hand-in dates

assignment) assignments focusing on available on
critical insight. SUNLearn

AF3 (Video Group project entailing 3% Mon 5 May 2025

project) handing in a 60-90 second film
clip illustrating and explaining
a legal concept or a case or a
legal issue relevant to
Criminal Law.

A1 Invigilated, limited-time, 28% for the Wed 23 April

partially open-book written A1 and 2% 2025
assessment. for the A3
page
90 minutes for 50 marks contents
which includes 2 marks for
the A3 page.

This assessment’s scope is the

work completed up until the
week 14-18 April 2025.

A2 Invigilated, limited-time, 50% Mon 26 May 2025

partially open-book written at 14h00
assessment.

120 minutes for 70 marks.

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 This assessment’s scope is the
WHOLE semester’s work.

A3 Invigilated, limited-time, See para Thurs 19 June

partially open-book written 7.3.6 for 2025 at 14h00
assessment. more on the
weighting of
120 minutes for 70 marks.
A3
This assessment’s scope is the
WHOLE semester’s work.

NB: You are requested to confirm the times, dates and venues for the invigilated, time-
limited assessments (A1, A2 and A3).

It is your duty to ascertain the venues, times and dates of a particular assessment and
to be at the correct place on time. Your lecturers are not responsible for providing
information in this regard.

7.4 Assessment queries

In the event that you wish to discuss or query an assessment result, you are expected
to arrange a consultation with the lecturer via email not later than 1 week after the
release of the memorandum/class discussion of the assessment. Furthermore, the you
are expected to provide written motivation for the reassessment based on the provided
memorandum in the email request for a consultation.

No queries or adjustments of assessment results will be entertained in the absence of

the student having proof of their attempts at arranging said consultation within the
timeframe mentioned above. The consultation will be with the lecturer responsible for
the module and could include the internal moderator/another colleague for the
module.

8. Language policy

Please refer to the applicable policy website of the University, the Faculty’s website
and the Law 101 SUNLearn module for the latest updated information about the

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University language policy and Faculty implementation plan, and for a detailed
explanation of the implications of the language options below.3

Language option of this module: Dual-medium.

9. Plagiarism & copyright

Please refer to the applicable policy website of the University, the Law101 Sunlearn
site, and the Faculty’s Legal Writing Blog, for the latest updated information about
plagiarism and copyright.4

You can access the following documents on the relevant website(s), or will alternatively
be provided with same by your lecturers as part of the required procedures for
submitting assignments:

• SU Policy on Plagiarism;
• Plagiarism guidelines in respect of written assignments, essays, research, papers
and tutorials completed under the auspices of the Faculty of Law, as per the
Faculty’s Writing Guide;
• Plagiarism Declaration; and
• Cover page for assignments (with plagiarism declaration).

10. Writing Guide and Writing Assistance in the Faculty

Consult the Faculty’s Writing Guide for referencing and style guidelines.5 While the SU
Language Guide can be used as a supplementary resource on language usage, the
Writing Guide is considered the Faculty’s official style guide and takes precedence. 6
Thus, should you encounter any discrepancies between the two, follow the Writing
Guide.

Should you encounter problems with the writing, style, or structure of your assignment,
make an appointment with one of the Faculty’s writing consultants. Visit the MS
Bookings page to make an appointment.7 (Please note that Appointy will no longer be
used.)

For more information, please visit the Legal Writing Blog or consult the Booking Rules.8
Alternatively, contact the Faculty’s Writing and Media Coordinator, Ms Desiré Maré
([email protected]), if you have any queries.

3
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Pages/Language.aspx ; https://blogs.sun.ac.za/law/files/2022/02/Language-
Implementation-Plan-2022-Faculty-of-Law.pdf ; https://learn.sun.ac.za/course/view.php?id=56755

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11. Study tips

Please refer to the Law 101 SUNLearn module and the Faculty’s Legal Writing Blog for
information on study tips specifically aimed at Law students. 4

You are furthermore encouraged to arrange a consultation with the Faculty’s Legal
Education and Student Coordinator, Dr Bradley Greenhalgh — should you wish to discuss
your approach to studying law, or have any related academic queries. Appointments
with Dr Greenhalgh can be scheduled using the online Calendly booking system, using
the following link: www.calendly.com/bradleyg

12. Framework

Detailed information on what you need to study and prepare week by week is available
in PDF form on SUNLearn under “WHAT SHOULD I DO, AND BY WHEN?” as part of each
course theme. Hyperlinks to the podcasts, podcast quizzes, concept maps, and case
law (inter alia) for each theme and topic and subtopic are also available on SUNLearn
under the respective course themes.

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https://learn.sun.ac.za/course/view.php?id=82401 ; http://blogs.sun.ac.za/legalwriting/home-2/ ;

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