LL.B. (Three Years) Sem 4 Jurisprudence and Legal Theory Oct 2025 60/40 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

SECTION I - Q.1: Answer the following in two lines, any 6 (12 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. Q1 How is a legal system different from a normative system of game?
2. Q2 How does Austine define law?
3. Q3 Define Moral wrong?
4. Q4 What is Ratio Decidendi?
5. Q5 State the various kinds of person.
6. Q6 Define mediate possession.
7. Q7 Conditions for valid Customs.
8. Q8 What is legal status of Dead person?
9. Q9 What is grund norm?
10. Q10 What do you understand by tangible property?

SECTION II - Q.2: Short Notes, any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q11 Historical School
2. Q12 Merits of Legislation
3. Q13 Status of the Unborn
4. Q14 Property

SECTION III - Q.3: Answer the following questions by giving reasons, any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q15 A case is pending before a HC of this country. The prime issue is the inordinate delay in execution of a death sentence. There is a SC ruling on this issue. (i) Is the SC ruling binding on the HC? Give reasons. (ii) What are the circumstances which destroy the binding nature of a precedent?
2. Q16 A, a trade leaves some goods in the house of B instead of in the house of C by mistake. B consumes those goods. A seeks the price of those goods from B. (i) Is B under any obligation to pay? Explain the nature of the obligation, if there is any? (ii) What is an obligation? what are the sources of obligations?
3. Q17 A agrees with B, a producer to act in a film during the period Aril 2025 to April 2026 and that he will not act in any other film or documentary including ad films during that period. (i) Identify a positive right and a negative right in this situation with reasons. (ii) Are the rights of A and B under this contract rights in rem? Explain
4. Q18 Law is the command of a political sovereign and is enforceable with a sanction. (i) Whose theory is this? explain (ii) What are the draw backs of this theory?

SECTION IV - Q.4: Essay type Questions, any two (24 Marks - 12 marks each)

1. Q19 Explain the central tenet of natural law.
2. Q20 What are the sources of law? Explain custom in detail.
3. Q21 Who is a person? Explain different kinds of persons.
4. Q22 Bring out the concepts of possession and ownership and distinguish them.

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