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LEARNING OUTCOMES<br />

Before you begin <strong>study</strong>ing family law, you should have a general idea of<br />

(1) how family law fits in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> legal system<br />

(2) what family law is<br />

(3) whatitdealswith<br />

(4) how it is related <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r branches or fields of law<br />

The purpose of this <strong>study</strong> unit is <strong>to</strong> provide you with this general<br />

knowledge.<br />

PRESCRIBED MATTER<br />

Read<br />

. Prescribed textbook 3<br />

CONTENT OF THIS STUDY UNIT<br />

1 HOW DOES FAMILY LAW FIT INTO THE LEGAL SYSTEM?<br />

Law of<br />

persons<br />

Family law<br />

SOUTH AFRICAN LAW<br />

Private law Public law Mercantile law<br />

Law of<br />

Law of<br />

property<br />

Law of<br />

Law of obligations<br />

succession<br />

Law of delict<br />

Law of<br />

contract<br />

personality<br />

Law of immaterial<br />

property<br />

Negotiorum<br />

Enrichment<br />

Es<strong>to</strong>ppel<br />

gestio<br />

Part of private law In South Africa, as in many o<strong>the</strong>r countries, family law is treated as a<br />

separate field of private law. Private law deals with <strong>the</strong> law regulating <strong>the</strong><br />

private relationships between legal subjects on an equal footing. The main<br />

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