DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LAW

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS (CLHR101)

WRITTEN GROUP ASSIGNMENT AND ORAL PRESENTATION 20

2023
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TOTAL MARKS FOR WRITTEN GROUP ASSIGN

ASSIGNMENT:
NT: 80%

DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF GROUP ASSIGNMENT:

FRI
FRIDAY, 14
4 April 2023
202 AT 24H00

TOTAL MARKS FOR ORAL PRESENTATION: 20%

0%

DUE DATE FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS: MONDAY, 17 April 2023

PRESENTATIONS MONDAY

Instructions

PLEASE NOTE: There shall be a maximum of eight students and minimum of

six in each group.
It is compulsory for each student to participate in and complete and submit the
group written assignment.
It is compulsory for each student to present a three to five minute oral
presentation

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General:

1. This is a GROUP assignment. The group should comprise maximum of eight students
and a minimum of six students.

2. You are required to attach an Assignment Cover (see page 7), duly completed, to
your written assignment.

3. Any sources that you consult must be appropriately acknowledged and appear as both
in-text and bibliographical references. Plagiarism is a serious offence, and any group
that plagiarizes another group s or person s work (including that downloaded from the
internet) will be dealt with in terms of the DUT Plagiarism Policy.

4. Referencing must be in terms of the DUT Harvard Referencing Method. Information in

this regard is available in your Student Guide, at the DUT libraries, and on the DUT
website.

5. As students are being prepared for the world of work, this assignment should be
presented in a manner that would be expected of employees in the workplace in
other words it must be professionally presented. Marks are being allocated for this
aspect of the assignment.

6. Group leaders must submit their group s group assignment in digital format (MS-Word)
first through Turnitin and then uploaded onto Moodle. If you do not follow this
requirement the assignments will be returned to you and will not be marked until
it is submitted in the correct format.

7. If the work is not submitted by the due date, 10% will be deducted for each day that the
assignment is overdue. For example, if the assignment is submitted two days after the
due date, then 20% will be deducted from the mark awarded for the assignment.

Reminder on how to reference:

In-text is in the body of the document where you acknowledge somebody else s words or
ideas e.g. According to Botha & Bothma (2015:48) . If you are quoting their words
directly then put those in inverted commas; for example: trust is an issue in online
shopping .

The same work in the bibliography/reference list (that should be in alphabetical order)
would appear as follows:

Botha, J. & Bothma, C. 2015: Managing e-Commerce in Business. 3rd edition. Cape Town:
Juta.

More information about how to reference appears on the DUT Library website.

Remember, in terms of the DUT Plagiarism Policy, for a first offence, up to

50% can be deducted for plagiarism.

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 GROUP WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

PLEASE ANSWER ALL FOUR (4) COMPULSORY QUESTIONS

See email re Q1.2, Q 2.1, Q3

QUESTION ONE

Discuss why the Constitution is an important source of the law. You must answer this
question according to the following criteria:

1.1 Organs of government, and;

1.2 the Bill of Rights.
(20 marks)

QUESTION TWO

2.1. With aid of a diagram discuss the foundations of the South African
Constitution. In your discussion include details of the values and principles of
the Constitution on your map. (10 marks)

2.2. With aid of a diagram discuss the human rights that the Bill of Rights protects
and their different categories. In your discussion include details and examples
on your map. (10 marks)

QUESTION THREE

How important is the Bill of Rights for the law in South Africa? Explain.

(20 marks)

QUESTION FOUR

In the Cape Bar Council v JSC 2012 (4) BCLR 406 (WCC), the court held that the
Judicial Service Commission (JSC) serves a unique and crucial function in the
South African judicial system . In the light of this quote write an essay in which you
critically discuss the purpose, composition and workings of the Judicial Services
Commission.

(20 marks)

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 Topic Max. Mark Comments
marks awarded

Question 1 20
Question 2 20
Question 3 20
Question 4 20
Total 80

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 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS (CLHR101)

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LAW

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 2023

TOTAL MARKS GROUP ASSIGNMENT: 100%

DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: 14 April 2023

BRIEF

Participation and completion of the written assignment is compulsory for

each group member.

Use the prescribed and recommended textbooks.

Please refer to the DUT referencing guide posted in the Moodle classroom
for this module.

Please refer to the plagiarism and referencing rules as per your study guide.

Ensure that you submit the group assignment in digital format (MS-Word) first
through Turnitin and then uploaded onto Moodle. If you do not follow this
requirement the assignments will be returned to you and will not be marked
until it is submitted in the correct format.

Ensure that the declaration form is attached and that the student numbers
are correctly indicated.

Ensure that you follow the sequence of the questions.

All four compulsory questions must be completed.

Topic Max. marks Mark awarded Comments

Assignment 80
Presentation 20
Total 100

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 WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC

Levels of Achievement
Criteria Poor (1) Fair (2) Good ( 3) Very Good Excellent (5)
(4)
Assignment A very nicely
Formatting No proper Typed Cover, Cover, Title and A nicely designed designed
(Max 5 points) identification. student student name Assignment Assignment Cover,
No name name and and Student Cover, Title and Title, Table of
Name and/or student number thereon student name and Contents, student
student number number Student number name and Student
on assignment thereon. thereon. number thereon.
only on Moodle
folder.
Logical flow of
Organisation Inconsistent Paragraphs, Logical flow of Introduction, Body Introduction, Body
(Max 10 paragraphs, poorly paragraphs. and and conclusion.
points) poor sentence structured. Conclusion.
structure.
Good language Very good Excellent language
Grammar Poor language Adequate and grammar language and grammar use.
(Max 5 points) use. language use. and grammar use.
and grammar
use.
Very original
Originality No originality. Very little Some originality. Original.
(Max 5 points) originality.
Information Good information Outstanding
Content Few facts Some facts selected and selected and information
(Max 50 points given. provided. Applied. Displays applied selected and
Double up Application Not always some Displays applied
points in each lacking. appropriately understanding of understanding of Displays a very
category) applied. content and content and good understanding
application application of content and
application

Problem No argument. Little argument. Some argument Argument and Logical argument.
Solving but application application
(Max 10 not always developed.
points) developed.
Clear Neat, logical
Presentation Material difficult Material Presentation is presentation but presentation of
(Max 5 points) to interpret. difficult to unclear and logical material.
Presentation interpret. No illogical. application not
requires work logical . always
application developed.

Poor use of Good use of Reveals insight /

Research No use of research research Very good use of understanding/
(Max 5 points) research material material. research material. interpretation
material No Evidence of Evidence of Adequate Excellent research
research done. little research some Research material used.
done. Research.

Referencing Copy, cut and Very little Inadequate Some referencing Harvard
(Max 5 points) paste. No referencing. referencing. Referencing style
referencing used

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 WRITTEN GROUP ASSIGNMENT DECLARATION FORM

We declare that this assignment is an original piece of work submitted by the

following group members who all have actively made a contribution, any other work
of a similar nature has been appropriately referenced in this assignment.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS MODULE: CHLR101

PROGRAMME:
NUMBER AND TITLE OF THE ASSIGNMENT SUBMITTED
DATE SUBMITTED

Declaration:

In submitting this assignment we hereby acknowledge that:

this is our own work we have not copied from another student and/or group,
and that all sources of information that we have consulted have been
acknowledged and referenced.

Student Surname Student Number Student Group Peer

& Initials signature Assessment
Percentage
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

NB: GROUP PEER ASSESMENT each group member must assess each
members effort and contribution to the assignment and the overall result for
each individual student will be adjusted to include this mark. Use the column
written group peer assignment for this purpose

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 PEER ASSESSMENT

Name: Student No.:

Assessment of others is an important skill. You should take time to complete this
assessment form, forcing yourself to be objective and unbiased.

Your responses will be kept confidential.

For each member of the group except yourself, award a. mark from 1 to 5 for your
group mate's level of participation in each of the tasks identified on the chart on the
back of this sheet.

Please use the following scale:

0 Was not asked to contribute to the aspect of the project

1 Did not contribute to this task even though a contribution was expected

2 Willing, but not very successful

3 Average, did the basic work successfully but no special effort

4 Above average, willing, able, successful, and made a special effort

5 Outstanding: extra effort, and critical to the success of project

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 Consider both the quality of your peers' work and the cooperativeness of your peers on the above
scale 0-5.

Group Group Group Group Group

Member s Member s Member s Member s Member s
Surname, Surname, Surname, Surname, Surname,
Initials and Initials and Initials and Initials and Initials and
Student Student Student Student Student
Number Number Number Number Number

Did this person

attend scheduled
meetings?
Did this person meet
all deadlines?
Did this person
accept constructive
criticism and act on
it?
Did this person
contribute and share
ideas and research?
Did this person do a
fair share of the
more tedious work
(photocopying,
typing, formatting of
cites, etc.)?

Group Group Group Group Group

Member, etc Member, etc Member, etc Member, etc Member, etc

Did this person

attend scheduled
meetings?
Did this person meet
all deadlines?
Did this person
accept constructive
criticism and act on
it?
Did this person
contribute and share
ideas and research?
Did this person do a
fair share of the
more tedious work
(photocopying,
typing, formatting of
cites, etc.)?

Please write any additional comments in the space