The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Faculty of Law, Department of Law

ACADEMIC YEAR:
Sir Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad Parishar, Fatehgunj 2019-2020
Contact Details: 0265-2795503, 0265-2789189
E-mail ID : lawfacultymsu@gmail.com
Name of the Programme : Bachelor of Law, LL.B, 3 Years : Type of the Programme” CBCS
YEAR III CORE/Elective/Foundation 1: CREDIT 6
Semester II Paper Code: Professional Ethics (Core) HOURS 90

OBJECTIVES: It is an indispensible complementary part of our legal system without the study of
which no advocate is suitably equipped with the basic requisites required to go to the
court
COURSE CONTENT / SYLLABUS

1. Legal Profession - Historical Perspective

1.1 Origin of common law lawyering in India
UNIT-I 15 hrs.
1.2 Barrister - Vakils - High Court Pleaders, Advocates Etc.
1.3 Legal Practitioners Act
1. Role Allocation for the Legal Profession in Independent India
1.1 Lawyer's Role in Accelerating and facilitating the social change
visualized by the Indian Constitution
UNIT-II 15 hrs.
1.2 Right to legal aid
1.3 Monopoly of representation - Exclusion of lawyers, Self-representation
by Litigants
1. Professional Ethics
1.1 Bar against soliciting work
1.2 Under-cutting: An Unethical Practice
1.3 Brief – Stealing
1.4 Lawyer not to advertise
1.5 Not to use touting
UNIT-III 15 hrs.
1.6 Fee structure - Black Money and High Fees
1.7 Is a lawyer bound to accept a brief?
1.8 Accountability to the client
1.9 Self Regulation/Legal Regulation
1.10 Collusion with the opposite party
1.11 Legal profession and strike
UNIT-IV 1. Lawyers in Court 15 hrs.
 1.1 Women lawyers - opportunities and handicaps
1.2 Delhi - Supreme Court, Senior Advocates, Advocates on Record
1.3 Bombay, Calcutta, etc. - Advocates : Original side- Advocates;
Appellate side –Solicitors
1.4 How to address the court?
1.5 Attitude towards opponent counsel
1.6 Duty to cite all relevant authorities
1.7 Arguments should be precise and brief
1.8 Selective use of precedents
1. Contempt of Court
1.1 Meaning and Kinds of Contempt of Court
1.2 Origin, Development, Object and Constitutional Validity of Contempt
Law
1.3 Basis and Extent of Contempt Jurisdiction
UNIT-V 15 hrs.
1.4 Contempt by Lawyers, Judges, State and Corporate Bodies
1.5 Contempt proceedings – Nature and main features
1.6 Defences Open To Contemner
1.7 Nature And Extent Of Punishment And Remedies Against Order Of
Punishment
1. Accountability and role conflicts

UNIT-VI 1.1 Origin of Legal education in India 15 hrs.

1.2 Bar Council of India and University Grants Commission

PSDA: (Professional Skill Development Activities)
i. Group Discussion, Debate, Extempore on topics related to UGC and Bar
Council
ii. Case study on Professional Misconduct and Contempt of Court
Mode of Transaction: Lectures, Power Point Presentation, Multi-media use, Group
Discussions.
REFERENCES
1. Bhagvati, P.N., Challenges to the Legal Profession - Law and Investment in
Developing Countries
2. J B. Gandhi, Sociology of Legal Profession and Legal System (1987).
3. L. Sharma "Sociology of Law and Legal Profession: Cross Cultural Theoretical
perspective" 24 J.I.LI. 528(1982).
4. A.N. Veeraraghavan "Legal Profession and the Advocates Act, 1961" 14 J,I.L.I. 229
(1972)
5. Anil Nauriya, "Agitation by Advocates" 23 e.p.w. 623-25 (march 26,1988)
6. Upendra Baxi, "The Pathology of the India Legal Profession", 13 Ind. Bar. Rev. 455
 (1986)
7. K.L. Bhatia, Socio-Legal Study of Occupational Status not Law Graduates, (1994)