Jurisprudence
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University · LL.B. Semester 5
Unit I — Jurisprudence: Nature, Scope, Definition and Significance
Jurisprudence and Legal Theory · Definition of Jurisprudence · Jurisprudence: Science or Philosophy? · ‘Ought’ Law · ‘Is’ Law
Unit II — Analytical Positivism and Natural Law School
Central Claims of Analytical Positivism · Jeremy Bentham’s theory of Law · Utilitarianism · John Austin’s theory of Law · L.A. Hart’s Concept of Law fans Kelsen’s Pure theory of Law
Unit III — Historical and Sociological School of Law
[fistorical School · Karl Von Savigny’s theory of Volksgeist · Henry Maine’s Comparative Historical Jurisprudence · Sociological School · Roscoe Pound’s theory of Social Engineering · American Realism · Oliver Wendell Holmes and Jerome Frank
Unit IV — Possession and Ownership
heories of Possession · Possession in Law & Possession in Fact · Various Kinds of Possession · Concept and Kinds of Ownership · Difference between possession and ownership
Unit V — Legal Right
Definition and Concept of Legal Rights · Characteristics of Legal Rights · Right Duty Correlation · |. Jurisprudence by Dias · 2. Jurisprudence by Llyod