Semester-3 LLB syllabus

JURISPRUDENCE

Unit I : Introduction

  • Meaning, Scope and Importance of Jurisprudence.
  • Relation between Jurisprudence and other Sciences, Nature and Kinds of Law and Theories of Justice.
  • Sources of Law : Custom, Legislation, Precedent

Unit II : Schools of Jurisprudence
a) Natural Law with Indian Perspective
b) Analytical Positivism, Pure Theory, Legal Realism
c) Historical Jurisprudence
d) Sociological Jurisprudence with Indian Perspective

Unit III : Law and Legislation

  • Law and Morality
  • Law and Religion
  • Law and Social Change
  • Principles of Liability : Liability and Negligence, Absolute, Liability, Immunity.

Unit IV : Concept of Law

  • Rights and Duties
  • Personality
  • Possession, Ownership and Property

INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES AND PRINCIPLES OF LEGISLATION

Unit I : Interpretation
Meaning, Object, General Principles and their Importance, Difference between Interpretation and Construction Statutes : Meaning and its Classification Literal Rule, Golden Rule
Unit II :
Mischief Rule Beneficial Construction Strict Construction – In reference with Penal and Taxing Laws Maxims of Interpretation and their Importance
Unit III :
Interpretation of Constitutional Law Internal and External Aids to Interpretation
Commencement, repeal and Revival of Legislation
Unit IV : Principles of Legislation
Doctrine of Utility ,Doctrine of Pleasure and Pain,Doctrine of Sympathy and Antipathy ,Public Opinion and Legislation

COMPANY LAW

Unit I : Formation, Registration and Incorporation of Company
Definition and Kinds of Company,Nature of Company : Theory of Corporate Personality
Incorporation of Company : Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, Doctrine of Ultra-vires.

Unit II : Capital Formation and Regulation
Prospectus : Issue, contents, Kinds, liabilities for misstatement, statement in lieu of Prospectus
Promoters : Position, duties and liabilities. Share and General Principles of allotment Transfer of Shares, Restriction on transfer, Relationship between transfer and transferee. Share Capital, Reduction of Share Capital, Conversion of Loan as, debentures into capital,Duties of Court to protect interest of creditors and share holders.

Unit III : Administration and Management
Dividend – Payments – Capitalization – Profit, Audit to Account,Directors Appointment – Kinds, Powers and Duties ,Role of Managing Director and other Managerial Personal
Oppression and Mismanagement

Unit IV : Winding up of Companies

  • Kinds, Consequences and reason of winding up
  • Role of the Court
  • Liabilities of Past members
  • Payment of Liabilities
  • Reconstruction and Amalgamation
  • Legal Liabilities of Company – Civil & Criminal, Remedies against them

LABOUR LAW – I

(LAW RELATING TO LABOUR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS IN INDIA)

Unit I :

  1. Industrial Relation, Labour Problem and Labour Policy in India
  2. Trade Union Act, 1926 (Labour Management Relation); History and Development of Trade Union
  3. Movement, Registration of Trade Union, Rights and Liabilities of Registered Trade Union, Penalties
  4. and procedure, Collective Bargaining – Process, Merit and Demerit

Unit II : Industrial Dispute Act, 1947

  1. Scope of Industry, Employees, Employers, Industrial Disputes, Authorities under the Industrial
  2. Dispute Act, 1947; Procedure, Power and Duties of Authorities, Reference of Disputes to Boards.
  3. Courts or Tribunals

Unit III :

  1. Strike, Lock Out, Lay Off, Retrenchment and Closure
  2. Unfair Labour Practices, Penalties, Offences (Standing Order) Act, 1946
  3. by Industrial Employment

Unit IV :

  • Philosophy of Labour Welfare, Historical Development of Labour Welfare, The Factories Act, 1948:
  • Interpretation-competent person, Hazardous process, manufacturing process, Worker, Factory,
  • Occupier, Health, Safety and Welfare, Working House of Adults, Employment of young persons,
  • Inspectors – Appointment and Powers.
  • Acts :
  • Trade Union Act, 1926
  • Industrial Dispute Act, 1947
  • Factories Act, 1948

PROPERTY LAW

Unit I : Concept of Property and General Principles Relating to Transfer of Property
Concept of Property : Distinction between movable and immovable property
Definition clause : Immovable property, Attestation, Notice, Actionable claim Definition of transfer of property (Sec.5)Transfer and non-transfer of property (Sec. 10- 12)
Vested and Contingent interest (Sec. 19 & 21) Rule of Election (Sec.35)

Unit II : General Principles Governing Transfer of Immovable Property
Transfer by ostensible owner ,Rule of feeding the grant by estoppels, Rule of Lis-pendence Fraudulent transfer, Rule of part – performance, Conditional transfer

Unit III : Specific Transfers
Sale and gift, Mortgage and charge, Lease and License

Unit IV : Easement Act
Object and main provisions of the Easement Act
Acts

  • The Transfer of Property Act, 1882
  • The Indian Easement Act, 1882

LEGAL LANGUAGE

(INCLUDING LEGAL AND GENERAL ENGLISH)
Grammar and Usage

  1. Simple Sentences
    i) Tense and Composition
    ii) Basic Transformations
    (a) Active to Passive (b) Simple to Negative (c) Affirmative to Interrogative
  2. Complex and Compound Sentence
  3. Part of Speech
  4. Vocabulary – Terms of Common Use
  5. Composition Skills – Paragraph Writing
  6. Translation – Hindi to English
  7. Letter and Application writing
  8. Essay (a) Essay in Hindi on Legal Topics
    (b) Essay in English on Legal Topics (for example) : Fundamental Rights under
    the Indian Constitution, Secularism, Social Justice, Consumer Protection,
    Women’s Right, Public Interest Litigation, Lok Adalat etc.
  9. Legal words – Terms and Phrases
  10. One word substitution
  11. Abbreviation
  12. Précis Writing