3rd Semester Integrated BBA LL.B (Hons) - Jurisprudence - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus
Jurisprudence (Legal Method, Indian Legal System, And Basic Theory Of Law)
Unit I
Legal Theory And Jurisprudence – Schools Of Jurisprudence – Natural Law School – Present-Day Relevance And Importance – Positive School – Realist, Sociological, And Marxist Schools.
Unit II
State, Law And Justice – Interrelationship – Right, Ownership And Possession – Different Kinds Of Ownership And Possession – Persons: Natural, Legal, And Corporate.
Unit III
Sources Of Legal Materials – Primary Sources: Constitution, Legislation, Customs, Conventions, Precedents – Secondary Sources: Textbooks, Digests, Encyclopedias, Commentaries, Law Journals, Law Commission Reports, Constituent Assembly Debates, Legislative Assembly Debates.
Unit IV
Hierarchy Of Courts – Nature Of Disputes Decided By Different Courts And Tribunals – Rule Of Precedents – Doctrine Of Stare Decisis – Binding Nature Of Precedents – Method Of Finding Ratio Decidendi – Obiter Dicta – Doctrine Of Prospective Overruling – Reversing And Distinguishing Cases – Per Incuriam – Sub Silentio – Majority And Minority Opinions – Dissenting Judgments.
Suggested Readings
Glanville Williams, Language And The Law (1961) L.Q.R. 71, 179, 293, 384.
James A. Holland & Jullian S. Webb, Learning Legal Rules, Universal Book Traders, Delhi.
Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Studying Law, New York University Press, Washington.
Glanville Williams, Learning The Law, Universal Law Publishing Co., Delhi.
Ervin H. Pollack, Fundamentals Of Legal Research, Foundation Press, New York.
Guy Holborn, Butterworths Legal Research Guide, Butterworths.
Salmond, Jurisprudence.
Mahajan V.D., Jurisprudence.
Bodenheimer, Jurisprudence.