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B.A. LL.B. (Semester- VI) Examination, October 2016 LEGAL THEORY

Duration : 3 Hours . Total Marks: 75

Instructions: .1) Answer any eight questions from Q. No. 1 to 12.

2) Question No. 13 and 14 are compulsory.

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1. "There is no unanimity about the definition and exact meaning of natural law''. · · Explain with reference to the Natural Law theory.

2. Explain the Command theory of law. State its merits and demerits.

~- Explai~ .Pound's theory of social engineering.

4. Discuss Perfect and Imperfect rights and Positive and Negative rights.

5. What is ownership ? Explain the characteristics of ownership.

6. Examine the various modes of acquisition of possession.

7. Expl~in supreme and subordinate legislation.

8. What is precedent ? Explain the various kinds of precedent.

~- "In order to be valid, custom must conform to certain requirements"- Explain.

~0. What is property .? Explain rights in re propria and rights in re aliena.

11. Explain corporation sole and corporation aggregate.

12. Explain the various sources of obligations.

13. Write notes on any two :

a)· Elements of a legal right

b) Ratio decidendi

c) American realism.

14. Write short notes on any two :

a) Meaning of jurisprudence

b) Grundn.orm

. c) Codification.

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B.A. LL.B. (Semester-- . VI) Examination, April 2016 ·· -_ ·. LEGAL THEORY. -· ·

Quration : 3 Hours · Total Marks: .75 . .

Instructions : 1) Answer any eight questions from Q. No. 1 to 12. . · · 2) Qu_es_tion No. 13 and 14 are compulsory.

(8x8=64)

1. ''The Natural. Law _Ttieory has been interpreted ·differently at different times": . Explain the Natural Law Theor)r. ·

2. _According to Kelsen."La\Y is a normative science differentfrom natural sciences". . · ...: ... Explain.

3. Discuss· the contribution of American Realism toj_urisprudence ..

4~ What is legislation-?Explairi subordinate legislation . . . . . . - .,

5. Discuss the ·advantages and disadvantages. of the precedent. -· _ ·-. . .

6. Explain legal right. Discuss legal rights in a wider sense. ' . . .

7 .. Examine the subject matter of ownershlp and discuss corporeal ownership and incorporeal ownership~

. 8. Explain possession in_fact and possession in law .

.. 9. Define-legal person. Explain the legal status of unborn f:>ersons:

. 10. Discuss the· variou-s ~indsof solidarY obligations. . .

. · 11 . . Explain th~ various kinds of c~stom. _ . . .

12. Di~cuss !he modes of acquisiti~n of property.

. . 13:·. Write notes on any two: ·

a) · Codification b) Volksgeist c) Jural postulates

·14 .. Write JJOtes on any tYio :_ · .

a) Economic t~eory . · · · ·b) Acts in hiw c) Obiter dicta

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B.A. LL.B. (Semester - VI) Examination, October 2015 LEGAL THEORY

Duration : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 75

lnstr~ctions: 1) Answer any eight from Q. No. 1 to 12. ·

2) Question No. 13 and 14 are compulsory. 3) Figures to the right indicates total marks allotted to the

question.

Answer any 8 questions from Q. ~o.1 to 12. (8x8=64) -

1. Analyse the meaning and nature of ownership. What are the-different kinds of ownership?

2. Examine the legal concept of possession and enumerate the kinds of possession. . -

3. Examine the concept of title and evaluate vestitive facts creating, transferring and extinguishing rights .

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4. Roscoe Pound likened the task of a lawyer to engineering- Analys~ critically the doctrine of social engineering.

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5. "Movement of progressive societies have been hitherto been from status to contract''. Discuss Henry Maine's contribution to Historical School of Law .

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6. ·Examine the importance of legislation as a source of law, with reference to the enlarging scope of delegated legislation.

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7. Explain the meaning of property and discuss the kin_ds of property .

8. Corporate Personality is a creation of law. Explain the characteristics and kinds of corporations.

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9. Discus~ the features of Analytical School of Law. Examine H. L.A. Hart's contribution to Analytical Positivism. .

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1 0. Discuss the evolution of Natural Law theory and its relevance in the present day world.

11. Explain the importance of custom as a source of law. What are the requisites of a valid custom ?

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12. What are the characteristics of Legal Right ? Analyse Hohfeld's analysis of legal rights. · ~

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13. Write short notes on any two : (2x3=6)

a) Ratio decidendi' and obitetdicta

b) Territorial Nature of Law

c) American Realism. . . . . .

14. Write· short notes on any two : (2x2.5=5)

a) S~lidary Obligation

b) Marx's Economic Theory

c) International Law as 'Law' in the pure sense of the term.

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3) Figures to the right indicate total marks allotted to the question . •.

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. . 1. Analyse the meaning and characteristics of legal rights and_ enumerate the

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2. Analyse stare decisis and the releyance of precedent as a source of law in ' l'ndia with special reference to ratio deeidendi.' "· · -· · '~ · ·~~K ·• '. ·,

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3. Natural Law Theory has a history reaching back c·enturies BC 7 Tra_ce the . ~ ·r " . .. ., ' -.. ,, ' - i, • . , , - .

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4. Diseuss Austin's contribution to Analytical School of Law.

. -5. Legal Personality is a fiction of law - Explain. ~ith reference to unborn person,

dead man and lower animaJs.

·6. Examine the leg.al concept of propert.Y and explain the kinds of property.

7. Analyse tbe importance of Customary Law. What are the essentials of a valid .

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