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BALBO-1501

B.A. LL.B. (Semester - VI) Examination, October 2015

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LEGAL THEORY

Duration: 3 Hours

Max. Marks: 75

Instructions: 1) Answer any eight from Q. No. 1 to 12.

2) Question No. 13 and 14 are compulsory.

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3) Figures to the right indicates total marks allotted to the question.

Answer any 8 questions from Q. No.1 to 12. (8x8=64)

1. Analyse the meaning and nature of ownership. What are the different kinds of ownership ?
2. Examine the legal concept of possession and enumerate the kinds of possession.
3. Examine the concept of title and evaluate vestitive facts creating, transferring and extinguishing rights.

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4. Roscoe Pound likened the task of a lawyer to engineering – Analyse critically the doctrine of social engineering.
5. "Movement of progressive societies have been hitherto been from status to contract". Discuss Henry Maine's contribution to Historical School of Law.
6. Examine the importance of legislation as a source of law, with reference to the enlarging scope of delegated legislation.
7. Explain the meaning of property and discuss the kinds of property.
8. Corporate Personality is a creation of law. Explain the characteristics and kinds of corporations.

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9. Discuss the features of Analytical School of Law. Examine H. L. A. Hart's contribution to Analytical Positivism.
10. Discuss the evolution of Natural Law theory and its relevance in the present day world.
11. Explain the importance of custom as a source of law. What are the requisites of a valid custom ?
12. What are the characteristics of Legal Right? Analyse Hohfeld's analysis of legal rights.

13. Write short notes on any two : (2x3=6)

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1. Ratio decidendi and obiterdicta
2. Territorial Nature of Law
3. American Realism.

14. Write short notes on any two : (2x2.5=5)

1. Solidary Obligation

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2. Marx's Economic Theory
3. International Law as 'Law' in the pure sense of the term.

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