JURISPRUDENCE

Course Code: 04 Course Objective:

The objective of the course is to create an understanding of basic legal concepts and provide an insight to the student into philosophical, ideological and theoretical foundations of the discipline of law with special reference to Indian legal system.

ILB 503

Credit Units:

Course Contents:
Module I: Introduction Nature and scope of Jurisprudence, State, Sovereignty and Law: Sources of Law: Custom, Precedent, Legislation, Equity. Module II: Concepts of Rights and Duties Rights and Duties, Types, Theories, Critique of Rights and Duties, Contemporary issues in Rights. Module III: Schools of Jurisprudence I Natural Law, Analytical positivism, Pure Theory, Historical Jurisprudence, Sociological Jurisprudence, Economic Approach, Legal Realism, Theories of justice: Aristotle, Rawls, Distributive Justice in India. Module IV: Indian Perspectives in Jurisprudence Classical and Medieval Influences, Modern Trends study with reference to judicial pronouncements with state policy.

Examination Scheme:
Components Weightage (%) P/S/V 10 CT 10 C 5 A 5 EE 70

Text & References:

Delhi. Bodenheimer, Jurisprudence The Philosophy and Method of Law (1996), Universal, Fitzgerald, (ed.) Salmond on Jurisprudence (1999) Tripathi, Bombay W. Friedmann, Legal Theory (1999) Universal, Delhi V.D. Mahajan, Jurisprudence and Legal theory (1996 re-print), Eastern, Lucknow M.D.A. Freeman (ed.) Lloyds Introduction to Jurisprudence, (1994), Sweet & Maxwell Paton G.W. Jurisprudence (1972) Oxford, ELBS H.L.A. Hart, The Concepts of Law (1970) Oxford, ELBS Roscoe Pond, Introduction to the Philosophy of Law (1998 Re-print) Universal, Delhi Dias, Jurisprudence (1994 First Indian re-print), Adithya Books, New Delhi Dhyani S.N., Jurisprudence: Jurisprudence and Indian Legal theory Dhyani S. N., Fundamentals of Jurisprudence Jayakumar N. K., Lectures in Jurisprudence, Butterworths Justice Markandey Katju, Law in the Scientific Era, Universal Justice J. S. Verma, Dimensions of Justice, Universal Justice Rama Jois, Seeds of Modern Public Law in Ancient Indian Jurisprudence Justice Rama Jois, Eternal Values in Ancient Law.