B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Semester-IV

LAW AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The ability to communicate clearly and effectively is an essential component of any lawyer's skill set, both inside and outside the courtroom. The objective of this course is to introduce students to the nuances of legal language and writing, and its use and application through the study of judicial opinions, common legal maxims and legal terminology. It also seeks to familiarize students with the principles governing legal drafting, and equip them with the ability to draft simple legal documents. And with academic legal writing assuming increasing significance in this day and age, both for students and practitioners, emphasis has also been placed on developing and honing students' research and writing skills through the study of the works of eminent jurists, as also practical writing exercises.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

Public administration as an academic discipline is a little over hundred years old whereas public administration as an activity can be traced to the earliest periods of human history when man started living in organized societies. Due to the transformation in the Social, Cultural, Economical and Political dimensions in the modern era has brought the state and its machinery to play a protruding influence on every individual of the state. There is no exaggeration to say that there hardly any aspect of the life which is not touched by the government today. The subject of Public Administration deals with various aspects of administrative structures in the state.

Public administration as an academic discipline is a little over hundred years old whereas public administration as an activity can be traced to the earliest periods of human history when man started living in organized societies. Due to the transformation in the Social, Cultural, Economical and Political dimensions in the modern era has brought the state and its machinery to play a protruding influence on every individual of the state. There is no exaggeration to say that there hardly any aspect of the life which is not touched by the government today. The subject of Public Administration deals with various aspects of administrative structures in the state.

FAMILY LAW-I

Learning of Family Law provides in-depth study and knowledge of the different personal laws based on social and religious customs. It deals with the codified and un-codified personal laws in India. Our objective is to study the different personal laws in India and how they have evolved in response to the shifting panorama of strategies that people employ to live together.

The Law relating to family is of crucial importance to every individual, whether adult or child. It is family law that regulates interpersonal relationships.

Special care is taken in the course to look at the status of women (especially Succession rights given to her) and children in family relations law with a view to ensure greater protection of constitutional rights of these groups in Family Law administration.

Courts and the legislatures have always been able to fit traditional family law principle into realities of the modern life. New principles have to be created to suit the changing concept of personal and family relations. Keeping in mind this context, our objective is to study the different personal laws in India on a comparative scale.

Constitutional Law - I

In previous semester the students became familiar with the Constitutional Law- I. This is a course on governance under the Indian Constitutional Scheme. How is State power organized and administered? What are the structures and organs of government and what are their relative roles and functions? The mechanics of constitutional government and the dynamics of checks and balances form a major focus of the course. Problems revealed in the actual working of the Constitution and the alternate choices thrown up will also be discussed in a comparative perspective in corroboration with the ongoing contemporary polity.

LAW OF TRANSFER OF PROPERTY

The economic order of a country dominates the social order in the country. Economic order is said to be totally dependent upon concept of property. To describe the economic order, understanding of concept of property is a must. Property finds a very important place in all legal systems. At the same time, it is also considered as the root of all social evils. Therefore, the study of laws relating to property assumes greater significance in any legal system. Initially, the Indian Constitution considered property right as a Fundamental Right but subsequently converted the same to a Constitutional Right. It is now argue that right to property is more secure than earlier. Besides concept of property this course mainly focuses over transfer of immovable property between living persons. The Course aims at equipping students with the concept of property. It also explains various provisions of Transfer of Property Act 1882; Registration act 1908; Stamp Act 1899 and the Easement Act 1882 are four legislations to be dealt in this course.