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1. The concept of a child's status in private law
2. Factors influencing a child's status
3. Infants
3.1 Legal capacity
3.2 Capacity to act
3.3 Capacity to litigate
4. Minors
4.1 Legal capacity
4.2 Capacity to act
4.2.1 Agreements in respect of which a minor has full capacity to act
4.2.2 Agreements in respect of which a minor has limited capacity to act
4.2.2.1 The legal implications of agreements binding on a minor
4.2.2.2 The legal implications of agreements not binding on a minor
4.2.3 Agreements in respect of which a minor has no capacity to act
5. Selected aspects relating to children and their status
6. Delictual liability
7 An overview of a child's status in criminal related matters
7.1 Criminal capacity of infants and minors in terms of the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008
7.2 The impact of a child's status in sexual offences and related matters in terms of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007
8. Status-related case law
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