LL.B. (Three Years) Sem 4 Jurisprudence and Legal Theory Apr 2011 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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• N.B: (1) Answer all questions in the answer-book and if required in additional answer-books. (2) There are no different sections.

Q.1 Q.1: Answer all ten questions (20 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. (a) What is ratio decidendi?
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2. (b) What is golden rule of interpretation?
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3. (c) What is PIL?
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4. (d) Define obligation.
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5. (e) What is a secondary right? Give example.
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6. (f) What is 'right in the wider sense of the term'?
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7. (g) What is bracket theory?
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8. (h) What is grund norm? Who propounded it?
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9. (i) What are trusts?
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10. (j) Is 'international law' law?
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Q.2 Q.2: Write short notes on any four (20 Marks - 5 marks each)

1. (a) Feminist jurisprudence
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2. (b) Imperative theory of law
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3. (c) Encumbrances
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4. (d) Kinds of obligations
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5. (e) Title
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6. (f) Kinds of Possession.
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Q.3 Q.3: Answer any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. (a) Gray has said in his book 'Nature and Sources of Law' that right is not interest, but the means whereby the interest is secured. (i) Who has defined right as an interest? State the definition. (ii) Do you agree with Gray? Explain.
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2. (b) A grants his land to B for life and if C survives B, to C absolutely. (i) Identify the kind of the right of 'C' and explain the nature of such right. (ii) B's right in the land is personal or proprietory? Explain. (iii) Is B's right inheritable? Explain.
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3. (c) A the owner of a wooden bureau delivered it for repairs to a carpenter B. B discovered money in a secret drawer in the bureau and appropriated the money for his own use. A was not aware of the secret drawer. B was punished for larceny. (i) Why is the possession of 'money' not considered to have been transferred to B along with the bureau? Explain in the light of the elements of possession. (ii) Distinguish possession and ownership.
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Q.4 Q.4: Answer any four (48 Marks - 12 marks each)

1. (a) What is the central notion of the natural law theory? Discuss the merits and demerits of the theory.
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2. (b) Elaborate on the various functions of law.
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3. (c) Compare and analyse 'Privilege' and 'Power'. What are their jural correlatives and their jural opposites?
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4. (d) (i) Define ownership. What are its characteristics? (ii) What are the different kinds of ownership?
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5. (e) Discuss the legal status of minors, unborn persons and intoxicated persons.
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6. (f) What are the formal and material sources of law? Discuss 'Custom' and explain the reasons for the reception of custom as a source of law.
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