SCL1501 Assignment 1 2025 Due 28 August 2025

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SCL1501
ASSIGNMENT 1 2025
DUE 28 AUGUST 2025

Question 1
1.1 Define the parameters of the concept of “social contract”

The social contract refers to an agreement among members of a society to be governed
by a system of rules that they have willingly adopted. Through this consensus, citizens
agree to be bound by a legal system that ensures order, certainty, and protection. This
contract is the basis of the legitimacy of a state governed by the rule of law, where
citizens are not merely passive subjects but active legal actors, participating in legal
processes such as elections, referenda, and litigation as complainants, defendants, or
witnesses.

Humby et al, 2012:261–279