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Lilly and Betty are partners in an auditing firm. Their partnership agreement stipulates that only Lilly may contract on behalf of the partnership. Betty purchase a yacht on behalf of the partnership.

which statement is correct?

1. the partnership will be bound to the contract to put hands regardless of whether Lilly gave her consent, in terms of the principle of mutual mandate
2. the partnership will be bound to all contracts concluded in the name of the partnership because it has a separate juristic personality
3. the partnership will be bound to the contract to purchase the yacht only if Lilly gives her consent
4. the partnership cannot be bound, because the doctrine of constructive notice applies in partnerships

what are the objectives of western jurisprudence

Question 1

Robert enters into a grocery shop to buy some household goods which was displayed on the shelves. He selects and keep the goods in the basket. On the other side of the shelves, he picked a medicine can only be sold by register pharmacist. Robert, while taking his basket towards the counter he was approached by an undercover officer who now questions his purchase of medicine without the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

Advise Robert.

Which one of the following statement regarding the South African legal system is not correct?

In Which century did British occupation of the Cape take place?

Law can be defined as

In which one of the following decisions did the Constitutional Court hold that the South African Constitution and Bill of Rights are also deeply rooted in the values of the South African community itself, and that ubuntu is the source of African values?

(1) S v Makwanyane and another

(2) Harris v Minister of the Interior

(3) Hendricks v Hendricks and others

(4) Pearl Assurance Co v Government of the Union of South Africa 

Determine the correct chronological order in which the following human rights documents were adopted. Which one of these was implemented the most recently?

(1) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(2) The American Declaration of Independence

(3) The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights

(4) The Constitution of France established after the French Revolution

Which one of the following approaches to the principle of constitutionalism applied in terms of the Constitution of the Union of South Africa?

(1) Complete denial of constitutionalism

(2) Partial recognition of constitutionalism

(3) Full recognition of constitutionalism

(4) None of the above

In its report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that our courts’ inability to take a stand against the onslaught of apartheid legislation was due to various factors. Which one of the following was not listed as a factor?

(1) The principle that judges could only administer law and not create it

(2) The doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty

3) Legal positivism

(4) The application of Roman-Dutch law