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Syllabus for Legal Language and Writing

Semester 2 · First Year · 4 credits

Module I

1 Meaning of Law, Rules, Regulation and Policy 2.Sources of law - custom and treaty, legislation, precedent
3 Legal Writing- Language and Law- Characteristics of Legal Language 4.Case analysis and case briefs-relevant Indian case laws*
1.5 Understanding a Statute and Statutory Analysis*: Information Technology Act, 2000

Module II

2.1 Legal Concepts: Justice, Bar and Bench, duty, right, wrong, Remedy, Fact, Jurisdiction
Person, Offence, bail, damage, compensation, trial, petition
2.2 Extracts from important judgments:
Head Note, abbreviations jurisdiction, judges, statutes, international conventions, Bye - law, rules, regulations, notices, notifications, if any with reference to the following:
Case laws: i) Supreme Court of India Maneka Gandhi vs Union Of India on 25 January,1978
ii) Ratlam Muncipality vs Vardichand and Ors. [29 July, 1980]
2.3.1 Trial of Bal Gangadhar Tilak under Section 124A and 153A of the India Penal Code.
2.3.2 The Nanavati Trial.
2.3.3 Trial of Derek Chauvin [George Floyd Case]

Module III printed in the syllabus as Module IV

4.1 Introduction to technology and communication – i) Internet and jurisdiction Policy Network
ii) Introduction to Social Media
iii) Social media and freedom of speech and expression
4.2 Artificial Intelligence and future of legal profession
4.3 Virtual Courts and E-Courts in India

Selected readings

3.1 Learning the Law: Chapters: 1.The Divisions of the Law;
6 Case Law Technique
7 The Interpretation of Statutes
3.2 Discipline of Law: Part Three
3.3 Games Lawyers need to play -Understanding Moot Problems and Memorials
3.4 Introduction to important constitutional provisions – Reservation, Uniform Civil Code
1 Legal Writing and Legal Method by John.C .Derbach, and others; Publication Wolters Kluwer, Indian Reprint 2011 * Chapter -3 Legal Writing and Legal Method]
2 Legal Method by Sharon Hanson (page no: 21-30)]Cavendish Publication *[Chapter -8 Legal Writing and Legal Method]
3 Language in the Law edited John Gibbons and others, Publisher: Orient Longman.
4 Learning the Law by Glanville William, Publishers: Sweet and Maxwell, South Asian Edition
5 Discipline of Law by Lord Denning: Part Three [pages 113 to 144] Publisher: Lexis- Nexus, Butterworths
6 Games Lawyer need to Play – Moot Problems and Memorials, Publisher: Chronicle Books, New Delhi
7 Trial of Independence, Author B. R. Agarwala, Publisher: National Book Trust, India.
8 Trials of Tilak Author Publisher: The Director, Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Judgment reported in AIR
1922 BOM 112.
7 https://indiankanoon.org › doc i).K. M. Nanavati vs State Of Maharashtra on 24 November, 1961 ii) Ratlam Municipality vs Vardichan and Ors. on 29 July, 1980 Equivalent citations: AIR 1980 SC 1622, 1980 CriLJ 1075, iii) Maneka Gandhi vs Union of India on 25 January, 1978 iv) Constituent Assembly Debates 8.https://www.clayton-legal.co.uk/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-law-firms- 73428114913 9.https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/insights/articles/ai-and-its-impact-on-legal-technology

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai Revised Syllabus for LL.B. (5 years) Five Years Integrated Course (CBCS), in force from the academic year 2022-23 and amended in June 2023. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module III is printed as Module IV. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.

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