The Structure & Anatomy of Court Decisions | Foundations of Namibian Law (Unit 6)

Fifty pages of judgment — where's the actual law? This lecture teaches you to read a reported case the way a lawyer does: find it, dissect it, and brief it down to what binds. In this lecture: • Finding and citing a case correctly • Inside the judgment — its standard parts • Ratio decidendi vs obiter dictum (what actually binds) • How to brief a case • The "why" — reasoning, dissent, and precedent • Exam technique Worked through real Namibian judgments: Kriel v Hochstetter House, Minister of Defence v Mwandinghi, Olivier v Kostin, Mwoombola v The Master, Digashu, and more. UNAM LLB Year 1, module L3511BF. ▶ Full series: [playlist link] Namibian Law Explained — shaping Namibia's next generation of lawyers. 🔔 Subscribe for the full Foundations course. #NamibianLaw #CaseLaw #RatioDecidendi #LegalSkills #UNAM #LLB