JURISPRUDENCE–II

Guru Nanak Dev University · LL.B. Semester 2

Unit I

 SOCIOLOGICAL SCHOOL · -Reasons for its Emergence · -Rudolf Von Ihering’s ‘Purpose of Law’ · -Eugen Eherlich’s ‘Living Law’ · -Leon Duguit’s ‘Social Solidarity’ · -Roscoe Pound’s ‘Social Engineering’ and ‘Jural Postulates’ · -Indian Perspective of Sociological School ·  REALIST SCHOOL · -American Realism · -J.C. Gray · -Oliver Wendell Holmes · -Jerome N. Frank · -Karl Llewellyn · -Scandinavian Realism · -Alf Ross · -Olivercrona · -Axel Hagerstorm · -W.Lundsted ·  JUDICIAL ACTIVISM

Unit II

 ADMINISRTRATION OF JUSTICE · -Meaning · -Advantage and Disadvantage · -Civil Administration of Justice · -Theories of Punishment ·  RIGHTS AND DUTIES · - Meaning of Right · - Theories of Right · - Elements of Right · -Right-Duty Relationship in Wider Sense (Hohfeld) · -Classification of Rights and Duties ·  DISTIBUTIVE AND CORRECTIVE JUSTICE

Unit III

 POSSESSION · -What is Possession? · -Possession in Fact and Possession in Law · -Savigny’s Theory of Possession · -Possession in Common Law · -Rights of Possessor · -Kinds of Possession · -Acquisition of Possession ·  OWNERSHIP · -Meaning and Definiton · -Rights of Ownership · -Classification of Ownership · -Modes of Acquisition of Ownership ·  PROPERTY · -Meaning and Definition · -Theories of Property · -Kinds of Property · -Modes of Acquisition · -Ropscoe Pound’s Social Engineering

Unit IV

 SOURCES OF LAW · Custom: · -Origin · -Essentials of Valid Custom · -Classification of Custom · Legislation: · -Meaning · -Kinds · -Delegated Legislation · -Dangers of Delegated Legislation · Precedent: · -Doctrine of Prospective Overruling · -Stare Decisis · -Ratio Decidendi, · -Obiter Dictum · Judgments: · Ravi Chander V. Justice A.M. Bhattacharjee, AIR 1995 (4) SC 457.