Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Syllabus 1st Sem
Syllabus 1st Sem
c) Historical School
- Introduction
- Von Savigny
- Henry Maine
d) Sociological School
- Introduction
- Leon Duguit- Social Solidarity
- Contribution of Roscoe Pound – Social Engineering Theory
e) Realist School
- American Legal Realism
- Scandinavian Legal Realism
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Recommended books
1) Salmond’s Jurisprudence
2) Dias - Jurisprudence
3) Lloyd - Introduction to Jurisprudence
4) Mahajan - Jurisprudence
5) Tripathi – Jurisprudence
6) S.N. Dhyani – Jurisprudence
7) Bodenheimer – Jurisprudence
8) Doherty – Jurisprudence
9) Dwivedi – Jurisprudence.
10) Avtar Singh – Jurisprudence.
11) Namita Agarwal- Jurisrudence(Legal Theory)
1.2 General English – I
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1.3 Political Science – I
3. State-Theories of origin of the State- Social Contract Theory, Idealist Theory, Marxian Theory,
Gandhian Theory
4. Sovereignty of the State:- Monism and Pluralism- Concept of Sovereignty in the context of
Globalisation.
6. Organs of Government
- The legislature, executive and judiciary
- The doctrine of Separation of Powers
- Parliamentary Sovereignty
8. Political Parties and Interest Groups-their functions and role in modern states.
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1.4 Sociology
1. Introduction
- Definition and nature of Tort and tortious liability
- Constituents of Tort
- Tort distinguished from contract, quasi-contract and crime
3. Justifications in Tort
- General defences
5. Specific Torts :
Nuisance
- Kind of nuisance
- Essentials of tort of nuisance
- Defences
Negligence
- Essentials of tort of negligence
- Proof of negligence: res ipsa loquitor
- Nervous shock
- Contributory negligence
Trespass to reputation (Defamation)
- Libel and slander
- Essentials of defamation
- Defences
Rule of Strict and Absolute liability.
- The rule of Strict Liability
- Exception to the rule
- The rule of Absolute Liability as developed by Indian Judiciary.
6. Liability without fault under the M.V. Act, 1988
- Sections 140, 141, 142
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