Legal Methods and Judicial Process
Gondwana University · LL.B. Semester 1 · UL31F02
Unit I
Law- Meaning, Nature, Importance, Scope and Purposes · How laws are made and applied? : Role of Legislature, Executive and Judiciary · Types of Law: Constitutional and Ordinary, Civil and Criminal, Personal and Proprietary, Penal and Remedial etc. · Indian Legal System- Federal Form of Government, Parliamentary Process, Constitutional Supremacy · Values of the Indian Legal System: Rule of Law, Separation of powers, Independence of Judiciary, Socialism and Secularism, Equality, Liberty and Justice, Protection of Fundamental Rights etc.
Unit II
Administration of Justice · Judicial Structures-Hierarchy of Courts, Civil Courts and Criminal Courts, Administrative and other Tribunals · Jurisdiction- Meaning and Types · Judicial Appointments · Importance of Higher Judiciary · Relationship with other organs of the State · Advantages and Disadvantages of the Judicial Process · Alternate Dispute Resolution: Mediation, Arbitration and Conciliation · Legal Institutions- Law Commission, Human Rights Commission, Commissions for Women, Children, SC and ST etc., Investigating Agencies, Local Authorities, Public Authorities.
Unit III
Nature, Scope and Importance of Legal Profession · Bar and Bench relations · Ethics of legal profession · Opportunities in Legal Profession · Role of Bar Council · Legal Studies
- Enrolment of Lawyers — Qualifications prescribed u/s 24 of the Advocates Act 1961and procedure
- The Bar Council of India and the State Bar Council — Constitution, Powers and Functions
- Privileges of a lawyer — Salient features of the Advocates Act, 1961
- Professional Ethics — Power of Bar Council of India, Meaning and Standards of professional conduct and etiquette
- Bar Bench relations — Role of the Bar to Strengthen Bar-Bench Relations
- History of Legal Profession