LAW OF TORTS

Course Contents
UNIT-I: Introduction
Origin and Development of Law of Torts
Definitions
Meaning and function of Law of Torts Tortuous Liability-
Distinction between : Tort, Crime and Contract
Remedies in tortlaw

UNIT-I: General Defences

General Defences
Remoteness of Damages
Nervous Shock
No fault liability

UNIT-III: Negligence
The nature of negligence and reasonable person standard test
Concept of Contributory- Comparative Negligence, Vicarious Liability, Non-delegable
duties
ProofofNegligence- Res ipsaloquitor
Professional Liability for Negligence

UNIT-IV: Trespass to Person

Assault and Battery
Remedies and Defences to Trespass
False Imprisonment
Malicious Prosecution
UNIT-V: Defamation, Cyber Offences and The Consumer Protection Act, 2019
Defamation and Invasion of Privacy
Defences
Cyber Offences
Brief overview ofthe Consumer Protection Act, 2019

REFERENCES:
1. Casebook on Torts: Richard Kidner
2. The Law of Torts, A. Lakshminath and M. Sridhar
3. Law of Tort, P.S.A Pillai
4. Modern Tort Law: Vivienne Harpwood
5. Murphy - Street on Tort

6. Tort Cases & Materials: Hepple and Matthews

7. Ratanlal and Dhirajlal- The Law of Torts
8. W.V.H. Rogers, Winfield &Jolowicz on Tort
9. Law of Defamation and Malicious Prosection, V. Mitter
 Contract Act-I

Course Content

Unit 1:Introduction

Nature and Meaning of Contract

Function of Contract Law

.Freedom of Contract
. Historical Background of the Indian Contract Act, 1872

Unit 2: Formation of Contract

1. Intention to Create Legal Relationship

2. Offer and Acceptance
Modes of Communication
Revocation
3. Consideration

Meaning and Nature of consideration

Adequacy of Consideration

Privity of Contract and Consideration

Unit 3: Defects and Limits in Contract Formation

1. Incapacity
2. Fraud and Coercion

3. Undue Influence
4. Misrepresentation and Mistake

5. Statutory Limitations on Freedomof Contract

 the Contract Formation
Unit 4: Legal Issues after
Contract
1. Discharge of a
Performance

Supervening Impossibility of Performance

. Frustration
Novation

2. Breach of a Contract
of Contract
3. Remedies for Breach

Damages
Remoteness of Damages

Penalty and Liquidated damages

Unit 5: Miscellaneous Facets

Enrichment
1. Quasi Contracts and Unjust
Contractual Obligations during COVID
-19
2.
3. Unfair Contract Terms

4. Contracts and Human Rights:A

Global Perspective

References
Indian Contract Act, 1872"
Yashod Vardhan(ed.), "Pollock & Mulla, -The
1sth ed., LexisNexis
12th ed., Eastern Book
Avatar Singh, "Law of Contract & Specific Relief",
Company
J.Beatson,et al(eds.) "Anson's Law of Contract",29 ed., Oxford
 ENGLISH- II
Course Content
UNIT-I: Communication II
Solicited and Unsolicited Letters, Circulars,
General Vs Professional Communication,
Resume
Notices, Memos, Curriculum Vitae(CV),
Communication in Situation, Strategies and Indicators
of Assertive Behaviour
for GDs, Talk Tactics, Voice
Study Skills, Reading & Listening Skills, Strategies
Modulations
Release & Writing for
Mass Communication: Writing for Print Media- Press Report/Press
Electronic Media-Radio & Television

UNIT-II: Grammar and Vocabulary

Spellings and Punctuation
Basic Sentence Patterns in English: A Revision, Sentence Transformation: Focus on

Negatives and Interrogatives, Compound and Complex Sentences

Words with Special Idiomatic Uses
etc.
Homophones, Homonyms, Homographs, Polysemy, Synonyms, Antonyms
UNIT-I1: Putting the Message Across: Readings in Law and Literature
Discourse Analysis
Daniel J. Kornstein's, "A Practicing Lawyer Looks back on Law & Literature"

Simon Lee's "Law and Literature: Goodbye Austin, Hello Austen?"

Francis Bacon's "Of Judicature"

UNIT-IV: Conferencing Skills

Presentation Skills: Importance of Body Language& Structure of Presentation
Negotiation Skills
Structure: Role of Manager, Leadership, Motivation. Emotional
Managing Organizational a

Quotient, Interviewing and Advising etc.

Seminar/Conference, Questioning& Argumentation, Telephone Techniques

UNIT-V: Legal Language and Comprehension through Film & Literature

A. Film (any two depending upon the availability)
i) Enemy of the State
(ii) Twelve Angry Men
iii) Fountain Head
. B. Literature
Grave-digger Scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet (play)
(i)
Selected Extracts from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
i)

REFERENCES
1. Daniel J. Kornstein's, "A Practicing Lawyer Looks back on Law & Literature"
2. Simon Lee's "Law and Literature: Goodbye Austin, Hello Austen?"
3. Francis Bacon's "of Judicature"
4. Lindner, Amy Krois, and Matt Firth, Introduction to Internatiomd Legal Emglish Stuadent's
Book with Audio CDs (2): ACourse for Classroom or SelfStudy Ue, Cambridge: C'UP
5. Haigh, Rupert. Legal English, 2nd Edition, London: Routledge-Cavendish
6. Wojcik, Mark E. Iniroduction to Legal English: An Introduction to legal
Terminology. Reasoning, and Writing in Plain English, 3rd Edition,Washington:
International Law Institute.
 Skills in Language and Literature. OUP.
7. Singh, R.P. Functional Sharma. Iechnical Communication: Principlesand
8. Raman, Meenakshi, and Sangeeta
Practice.OUP.
Business Communication.
PHI.
9. Kaul,Asha. Effective
Communication.PHI.
10. Kaul,Asha. Business Chaturvedi. Business Communication Toda
V Thill, and Mukesh
11. Bovee, Courtland,L. John
Ninth Edition. Pearson.
Second Edition. PHI.
A Course in Phonetics and Spoken English.
12. Sethi. J. and P.V. Dhamija. How to
Elizabeth Charlton, Legal English:
13. McKay. William, and Helen
Essex: Pearson Longman
Understand and Master the Language ofLaw.

14. John Galsworthy: Justice. (Drama)

15. William Shakespeare: Hamlet. (Drama)
16. William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. (Drama)
17. Vijay Tendulkar: Silence! The Court is in Session. (Drama)
18. George Ryga: 7he Ecstasy of Rita Joe. (Drama)
19. George Bernard Shaw: Saint Joan. (Drama)
20. Dostovsky: Crime and Punishment. (Novel)
21. Justice M. Katju: Law and Literature.
22. Singh. Alka: Postmodernism. (flipkart & Amazon)
23. Mohan, Krishna, and Meera Banerji. Developing Communication Skills. 2Edition.
Macmillan.& Articles (Shall be communicated during Class Teaching and Related
Assignments)

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 SOCIOLOGY-II
Course Contents
UNIT-I: Structure of Traditional Indian Society/ Sociology In India
Traditional Hindu Social Organization
A n introduction to Indian Sociology
Approaches and perspective to study Indian society

UNIT-II: Rural and Urban India

Socio-cultural aspects
Economic aspects
Political aspects
Rural-Urban interface
UNIT-IlI: Caste and Religion in India
Concept, Origin
Changing structure of caste and religion,
Caste and Religion in politics and socio-cultural life

UNIT-IV: Tribal Society in India

Tribe: Socio- cultural and Economic life, The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional
Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006

UNIT-V: Social Change and Development/ Social Issues in Indian Context

Approaches and concepts to understand the process of social change in India, Law and
social change, Youth: employment and other problems, Reservation: debate and
discourse, Socio-cultural repercussion of Globalization and Information Technology in
India
REFERENCES:
1. Ahuja, Ram.1993: Indian social system
2. Bose, N.K. 1967: Culture and Society in India, Bombay: Asia Publishing House
3. Bose, N.K. 1975: Structure of Hindu Society. New Delhi
4. Dhanagre, D.N. -Themes and Perspective in Indian
Sociology
5. Dube, S.C. Indian villages
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6. Dube, S.C. 1990: Indian Society (New Delhi National

: Book Trust)
7. Dube, S.C. 1995 : Indian Village (London:
Routledge)
8. Dube, S.C. 1958: Indian Changing Village
(London: Routledge and Kegan Paul)
9. Karve, Irawati, 1961: Hindu Society: An
Interpretation (Poona: Decan College)
10. Lannoy, Richard, 1971: The Speaking Tree: A study of Indian Society and Culture
(Delhi:Oxford University Press)
11. Louis Dumont - Homo Hierarchicus
12. Oomen, T.K. & R.N.
Mukherjee
Indian
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Sociology reflections and introspection

13. Yogesh Atal Indian
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Sociology from where to where

14. M.S.A Rao, Social Movements in India
15. Ghanshyam Shah, Social movement in India
16. Upendra Baxi, The Future of Human
Rights
 History-II
The Indian National Movement

The Course in the Second Senester of he History Programme proposes to acquaint the Law initiates

with the various facels of the Indian National Movement from its nascent manifestations in the
Rising of the Year 1857, to the direction and coherence invested into it by the Indian National
Congress. Ihe emergence of Gandhjii transforming the characler of the hitherto elite Movement

into a popular expression of discoment, the other strands and ideologies thal chipped in their bit,

at times even making up for the hiatus and even gaps in the mainstream nationalist activity
spearheaded by the INC, by then, a mighty nationalizer- all finally culminating in the long-
cherished dawn of Independence.

Course Content
Unit-I
The Earliest Expressions of Resistance to British Rule-Civil, Military and Tribal
i. The Early Forays of European Commerce in India-The Portuguese, Dutch, English and French.
ii. Rising of 1857-Mutiny or the War of
Independence?
ii. Civil Rebellions-Causes and Nature.
iv. Tribal Uprisings

Unit-II
TheIndian National Congress and Nationalist ferment within India and Ofshore
i. The Indian National Congress and Political awakening.
ii. Swadeshi and Boycott Movements.
ii. The Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism.
iv. Nationalist Activity outside Indian shores-The Gadhar Movement.

Unit-III
Mahatma Gandhi and the change in the Character of the National Movement
i. Gandhiji's Early Career and Activism.
ii. Study of the National Movement with reference to
-Khilafat and Non-Co-operation Movement.
-Civil Disobedience Movement.
-Quit India Movement.

Unit-IV
The Broadening ambit of Nationalist activity
. The Left Movements in India
II Indian Capitalists and the National Movement.
ii Subhash Bose and the INA

Unit-V
Social Background of the National Movement
Movements of Social Reform
-Arya Samaj
Brahmo Samaj
 The Theosophical Socicty
movements.

Castes
Lower
The

SUGGESTED READINGS:

Sumit Sarkar
(1885-1974)
Modern India Bandhopadhyaya Panikkar, Aditya
Mahajan. K.N.
P'artition-Shekhar

Sucheta
From
Plassey to Chandra.
Independence-Bipan
for
India's Struggle
Chandra
Mukherjee
Colonialism in Modern India-Bipan
and
Nationalism
Modern India-Bipan Chandra
Nationalism-A.R. Desai
5. of Indian Sarkar
Social Background
Movement in Bengal
(1903-1908) Sumit
The Swadeshi
 Political Science-II
Course Content
is Political Ideology?
UNIT-1: What
.Liberalism
o Features

o Types
Classical
Modern
UNIT-I1: Conservatism

Features

.Paternalistic Conservatism
.Neo Conservatism
.The New Right
UNIT-IlI:
Socialism
o Introduction
o Elements
Marxism
o Introduction
o Key Features
. Orthodox Communism
Lenin
o Stalin
Modern Marxism (Neo Marxism)
UNIT-IV:

Social Democracy
Third Way
Fascism
Anarchism
Religious Fundamentalism
End of ldeology Debate
Post Modernism
UNIT-V
Indian Political System
OTheThree Transition since 1991
Economics Liberalization (from State drivel to market driven economy
India's transition from a caged Tiger to economy powerhouse)
Political Decentralization (the center vs. periphery debate. The

concept of blackmail federalism)

 and middle class
Social Empowerment (The rise of civil society
neo

in India)
Institutions (PRIS)
Pachayati Raj of the 73 amendment Act.
Features and Impact
have become toothless tigers
.How PRIS
to them effective teeth.
give
Suggestions

Relerence
B o o k s :

Jdeologies by
Heywood
X
of Political Science
Political

. Journal
fian
i n d i a n

The Hindu, The Hindustan

Papers like Times of India,
3. Mainstream

News
Editorials ofleadingExpress.
4
The Indian
Times, Weekly
Political
and
Economic
5.
 Course Outline
Manohar Lohia National Law University
pr Ram
BALLB (Hons) Semester- II
(2023)

bjet-Macro Economics

Mitali Tiwari
Dr
fauly-

lait-I
Concepts calculation
Concepts and its
Economic
Rasic Macro National Income:
Circular flow of income, Business cycle
.Inflation-Meaning,
causes and effects, concepts of consumption
function,
Classical and Keynesian theories,
Employment-
investment function

Uni-l
Government
Fiscal & Policy of the Public
Fiscal Policy-Meaning,objectives, incidence and effects of
taxes,
Revenue-Taxes-
theories,
Tools-Public

Public Debt
Expenditure, &
Unit-III
Monetary Policy
Money
Money and Supply of
tools
objectives, of an economy
Meaning & in the
development
Monetary Policy- & central bank
commercial
banks
Role of

Unit -IV terms of trade

from trade,
Intermational Trade nature, gains
Trade-meaning
&
International d e t e r m i n a t i o n

disequilibrium
Rate to correct
Exchange m e a s u r e s

Foreign Concepts,

Balance of Payments-

Unit -V Business
Plan
& and financial plan,
Entrepreneurship

plan, procduction/
operations plan,

of
profitabi
business
lity projection
plan: -marketng
chart.
Making
growth and
economic c development; factors determining
in
entrepreneurship

Ro l
fa ie
lure
of o f Entrepreneurship.

1.
R e fMacroeconomics-M.L.Jhingan
erences:

2. Macroeconomics-Edward Shapiro
M a c r o e c o n o m i c s -
H.L. Ahuja
3. Trade-M.L.Seth
and International
Banking
4. Money,
International Trade & Public Finance-M.L. Jhingan
5. Money Banking,
Economics- H.G.Mannur
International
6.
 International Economics- M.C.Vaish
Development, S. Chand., Ltd
sKhanka, S.S. -Entrepreneurial Excel Books
Madhurima and Shikha Sahai -Entrepreneurship,
Lall. Theory and Practice, Tata Mcgraw
Hil1.
10. Shankar.
N. Raj- Entrepreneurship:
 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow
Course Outine - Psychology II

B.A.LL.B. Semester Il
Session 2022-2023

UNIT 1-Psychopathology
Meaning, Nature and Classification of Psychopathology
Etiology: The Multipath Model
Legal Issues in Psychopathology

UNIT I1-Anxiety,Mood& Stress Disorders

Meaning and Classification
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders. Suicide.
Disorders of Stress

UNITI1- Dissociative Disorders&PsYchosis

Dissociative Disorders

Somatoform Disorders
Schizophrenia and Paranoia

UNIT IV-Personality &Disorders of Personality

Determinants of Personality
Meaning, Nature and
Theories of Personality
Personality Disorders. Psychopathy.

UNIT V-Childhood &Impulse Control Disorders

Behavioural Disorders of Childhood
Impulse Control Disorders

Juvenile Delinquency

References Butcher
Abnormal Psychology Carson &
Sue & Sue
Understanding Abnormal Behaviour
Davison & Neale
Psychology
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Abnormal
Forensic Psychology Fulero & Wrightsman
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Hall & Lindzey

Theories of Personality
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Larsen & Buss

Personality Psychology
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