The topic sentence of the paragraph is (1) "It is often claimed that common law and customary law are on equal footing in the South African legal system." This sentence introduces the main idea that the paragraph discusses.
Which of the numbered sentences in the paragraph below is the topic sentence of this paragraph?
(1) It is often claimed that common law and customary law are on equal footing in the South African legal system. (2) South Africa’s common law system has its roots in Roman, Dutch, and English law. (3) As such, the Eurocentricity of South African common law cannot be denied, and, consequently, that customary law becomes the neglected step child of the legal system.
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