LL.B. (Three Years) Sem 4 Jurisprudence and Legal Theory Nov 2013 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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Q.1 Q.1: Answer all ten questions in one or two sentences (20 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. (a) What is Pure theory of law?
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2. (b) What is distributive justice?
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3. (c) What is a question of fact?
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4. (d) What is moral right?
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5. (e) State the Bracket theory of corporate personality.
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6. (f) Define title.
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7. (g) State any two possessory remedies.
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8. (h) What is Codification?
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9. (i) What do you understand by 'person of inherence'?
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10. (j) What is a general custom? Give an example.
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Q.2 Q.2: Write short notes on any four (20 Marks - 5 marks each)

1. (a) Jurisprudence
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2. (b) Functions of Law
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3. (c) Right and No-right
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4. (d) Ratio and Obiter
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5. (e) Ownership
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6. (f) Trusts.
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Q.3 Q.3: Answer any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. (a) Mohan is 16 years old. He represented himself as an adult and mortgaged his property. He seeks now to avoid the mortgage. (i) Will Mohan succeed? Explain. (ii) Disucss the status of a Minor under Indian Law.
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2. (b) 'X' was the President of India during 1962-67. In 1966 he visited Thailand as the head of India and participated in the State function at its capital city. 'X' was gifted a 100 kg. silver elephant which he brought to India. (i) After his term can X take home the silver elephant? Explain. (ii) Bringout the distinction between the two major kinds of corporate personality.
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3. (c) 'X' is openly in possession of land belonging to 'Y' for an unbroken period of 14 years. (i) Can 'X' claim title to the land? Explain. (ii) List the modes of acqisition of ownership.
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Q.4 Q.4: Answer in detailed any four (48 Marks - 12 marks each)

1. (a) Examine the characteristics of Natural Law theory.
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2. (b) Discuss rights in a wider sense.
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3. (c) Compare legislation and precedent as sources of law bringing out their relative advantages and disadvantages.
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4. (d) Discuss the legal personality of the dead, drunken and unborn persons.
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5. (e) Discuss legal system as a normative order. Examine the similarities and differences of the legal system and other normative systems.
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6. (f) Critically analyse the concept 'property'.
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