History- (Legal Developments)
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University · LL.B. Semester 2 · LB-201
Unit I — Early Developments (1600- 1836)
i. Charters of the East India Company: 1600, 1661, 1726 and 1753 · ii. Settlements: Surat, Madras, Bombay and Calcutta · iii.Courts: Mayor's Court of 1726 and Supreme Court of 1774 · iv. Statutes: Regulating Act, 1773; Pitts India Act, 1784; The Act of Settlement 1781 · v. Conflict: Raja Nanad Kumar, Kamaluddin, Patna Case, and Cossijurah f. Warren Hastings: Judicial Plans of 1772, 1774 and 1780 Lord Cornwallis: Judicial Plans of 1787, 1790 and 1793 · vi. Lord William Bentinck (With special focus on Appraisal of Criminal law)
- Administration of Justice in the presidency Towns and Development of courts under East India Company (1600–1773)
- Period from 1600–1726, Establishment of Mayor's Court (1726)
- Changes introduced by the Charter of 1753, Warren Hastings Plan of 1772, Reforms
- Regulating Act of 1773: Provisions of the Act, Establishment of Supreme Court at
- Settlement Act of 1781
- Judicial Reforms of Lord Cornwallis — Judicial Plan of 1787, Judicial Plan of 1790, Judicial Plan of 1793, Progress of Adalat System under Sir John Shore
- Charter of 1600
- Charter of 1813 &1833
Unit II — Evolution of Law and Legal Institutions
i. Development of Personal Laws · ii. Development of Law in Presidency Towns · iii. Development of Civil law in Mufussil: Special Emphasis on Justice, Equity and Good Conscience · iv. Codification of Laws: Charter of 1833, The First Law Commission, the Charter of 1853, The Second Law Commission · v. Establishment of High Courts, 1861 · vi. Privy Council and Federal Court: Appeals and working of Privy Council, Appraisal of Privy Council, Features of Federal Court · vii. Evaluation: Special Reference to Racial Discrimination in the fields of criminal and civil justice
- Administration of Justice in the presidency Towns and Development of courts under East India Company (1600–1773)
- Judicial Reforms of Lord Cornwallis — Judicial Plan of 1787, Judicial Plan of 1790, Judicial Plan of 1793, Progress of Adalat System under Sir John Shore
- Conflict Arising out of the Dual Judicial System & Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- Conflict Arising out of the Dual Judicial System
- Indian High Court Act1861, High Court under GOI Act 1915, High Court under GOI Act 1935
- Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- Appeals to Privy Council between 1726–1860, Appeals to Privy Council between 1861–1949
- Charter of 1813 &1833
Unit III — Legal Profession and Education
i. Early Developments though Major's Court, Supreme Court, Company's Adalat, High Court, Legal Practitioners Act of 1879, The Chamier and Indian Bar Committer of 1951 · ii. The Advocates Act of 1961: Provisions and Disciplinary powers · iii. Law Reporting: Theory of Precedents, Features of Law reporting from 1773 to 1950 · iv. Legal Education: History and Basic Aims of Legal Education
- History of Legal Profession
- Legal profession in Pre-British India
- Law Practitioners in the Mayor's Court1726
- Legal Profession under Charter of 1774
- Legal Profession in the Company's Court and Legal Practitioners Act, 1853
- High Court Act, 1861
- Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 and All India Bar Committee of 1951
- Introduction to Advocates Act, 1961
- Law Reporting in India
Unit IV — Constitutional History
i. The Indian Councils Act, 1861 · ii. The Indian Councils Act, 1892 · iii. The Indian Councils Act, 1909 · iv. The Government of India Act 1919 · v. The Government of India Act, 1935