Stellenbosch University
Bachelor of Arts in Law
The Bachelor of Arts in Law in Law and Legal Studies is offered by Stellenbosch University.
Program Length: 3 YEARS.
Bachelor of Arts in Law offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
BA (Law) does not by itself qualify you to practise as an attorney or advocate - that requires an LLB degree in addition. The three-year BA (Law) programme provides a twofold benefit, however: It enriches your understanding of human behaviour and social issues, while it lays an excellent foundation for a more advanced study of the law. In fact, students who hold the BA (Law) degree will be exempted from the first two years of the four-year LLB programme. These students may join the LLB programme for its last two years, and can obtain the LLB degree after two years.
The BA (Law) programme is compiled in such a way that you take law modules in each year of study and a number of non-law modules.First year: Indigenous Law, Introduction to Law, Private Law and Writing Skills. In addition you take at least one language and two modules from Economics, Classical Legal Culture, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology or another language (to name only a few) and a compulsory basic module in Information Skills.Second year: Private Law, Criminal Law and Roman Law. You also carry on with two of the non-law modules of your choice.Third year: Constitutional Law, Interpretation of Enacted Law, Law of Civil Procedure and Law of Criminal Procedure, and one and a half non-law modules.
