LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 8 Jurisprudence and Legal Theory Oct 2015 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

• N.B: (1) Answer all questions. (2) Total marks for the questions is indicated in the right end.

SECTION I - Q.1: Answer in short (20 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. Q1 Identify the kinds of legal persons.
2. Q2 Define a legal right.
3. Q3 What is jurisprudence?
4. Q4 Define "Security".
5. Q5 Define "Power".
6. Q6 What is obiter dicta?
7. Q7 What is "immemorial antiquity"?
8. Q8 What are rights in re aliena? Give one example.
9. Q9 What do you understand by immediate possession?
10. Q10 State & explain the two kinds of interpretation of a statute.

SECTION II - Q.2: Write brief notes on any four (20 Marks - 5 marks each)

1. Q11 Sociological theory
2. Q12 Circumstances Destroying or weakening precedents
3. Q13 Obligations
4. Q14 Kinds of Mediate Possession
5. Q15 Kinds of rights
6. Q16 Trust and Beneficial ownership

SECTION III - Q.3: Answer any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. Q17 Under power conferred by S.112 of Factories Act, 1948, State government has framed rules. The Act covers safety, health, working hours etc to secure labour welfare. (i) The Act and Rules form which type of source of law? Explain. (ii) Explain the purpose of law in the light of the above statute.
2. Q18 Everest Company Ltd. is a private company. The shareholders become so reduced in number that there is only one of them left. (i) What is the effect of reduction on the personality of the company? (ii) Distinguish a legal person from a natural person.
3. Q19 "New laws do emerge from judicial decisions." (i) Give examples from India to justify the above statement. (ii) What is "Declaratory theory of Precedents"? Explain in the light of the above statement.

SECTION IV - Q.4: Answer any four (48 Marks - 12 marks each)

1. Q20 Examine the rights in re aliena bringing out the chief classes of encumbrances.
2. Q21 Discuss the legal rights in a wider sense of the term.
3. Q22 What are legal theories? Discuss imperative theory of law.
4. Q23 Explain judicial interpretation of enacted law bringing out the two kinds of interpretation & the important rules of interpretation.
5. Q24 Critically evaluate the status of the unborn, dead and intoxicated persons.
6. Q25 What is the meaning of the term "property"? Discuss the kinds of property.

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