Legal Language
The Course aims at training students for the legal profession from the perspective of language of the law and its interpretation and enabling them to get familiar with concepts and principles of law. This course will equip students to become familiar with the formalized and professional language which is used in the Court of Law. They will be able to understand the meaning and application of legal Maxims in written and oral submissions advanced before the Courts. This course intends to train the students in reading, intellectually understanding and citing cases. The students will acquire expertise in comprehending the abbreviation of Law Reports and search of case laws in the relevant Law Reports and e-data bases. The students will be well versed in
University of Mumbai · B.L.S. Semester 5 · 4 modules · 11 topics · 11 written.
Module 1 — Module 1
Module 2 — Module 2
- 2.1 Law Reports, Magazines and References to Case Laws Law Reports Law Magazines Explanation of citations
- 2.2 Statutes (Enactments) — Meaning and Classification
- 2.3 Commencement of Statutes — Prospective application, Retrospective effect, Repeal of Statutes, Provisions dealing with repeal under the General Clauses Act
- 2.4 General English: Essay writing, comprehension, and rules of grammar
Module 3 — Module 3
- 3.1 Legislative Material — Internal Aids — Parts of a statute and their function in interpretation of a statute — Short and long titles, preamble, schedules, marginal headings, parts, and their captions, chapters and their
- 3.2 Judicial material — Ratio and guidelines of courts in the following cases, minority, and majority judgements
Module 4 — Module 4
- 4.1 Rules of interpretation of Statutes — Literal, Mischief and Golden rule of interpretation
- 4.2 Presumptions in Statutory interpretation — Statutes are valid, Statutes are territorial in operation, Presumption as to jurisdiction, Presumption against what is inconvenient or absurd, Presumption against intending injustice, Presumption against impairing obligations or permitting advantage from one's own wrong
- 4.3 General Clauses Act, 1897