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    Legal History Class Report For Module-1,2&3. Harish B BC0190016

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    Legal History Class Report for module-1,2&3.

    Harish B
    BC0190016

    Report for Module-1 (Introduction to Legal History)


    In the first classes we have dealt with a general overview on legal history, its importance to a
    legal graduate and its relevance in the modern world, we have also learned how without legal
    history a law graduate is a mere mechanic and doesn’t have a complete understanding of the
    underlying philosophy of law.
    We then proceeded to look at various definition of many Greek philosophers such as Ulpian
    and Unaximes, Ulpian had rightly called law a form of art or science. We also looked at
    definitions of western legal scholars like Hobbes, William Blackstone, Immanuel Kant, Hegel
    and Sir Henry Maine.
    Followed by this was an elaborate discussion on the various challenges faced by law in the
    modern world and the various legal systems such as common law, civil law, the socialist
    legality and the religious system of law.
    A discussion on the early forms of law which had originated from ancient civilization was
    discussed. We then looked at the first formalized code of law for people, that is the
    Napoleonic Code which helped people realize the civil relation between citizens and a state.
    We then had detailed discussions on works of Henry Sumner Maine and F.W. Maitland.

    Report for Module-II (Early Developments [1600-1836])


    In this module, perhaps the most interesting and critical module, we looked at the various
    changes and developments brought forward by our English invaders.
    The British had come to India under the pretext of starting a company and thereby increasing
    trade and profit, they had also introduced a handful of charter and all of these charters were
    delivered from the powers of the crown. They were the charters of 1600, 1661, 1726 and
    1753. These charters delivered unlimited powers to create, amend and exercise law making
    powers on the Indian subcontinent, this was one of the first instances of a law-making
    provision being conferred on the Indian sub-continent.
    The next important discussion was the discussion on the trial of Captain Lancaster of the First
    Voyage on 28th February 1616, this was one of the first documented trial that took place in
    accordance with statutory provision on the Indian sub-continent.
    The next discussion was based on the various settlements established by the East Indian
    Company in Surat, Madras, Bombay and Calcutta. We also discussed upon the establishment
    of Mayor’s court in 1726 and Supreme court at Calcutta at 1774. A discussion on the
    Regulating Act, 1773; Pitts India Act, 1784; The Act of Settlement 1781, we also looked at
    the various provisions underlying them.
    The most important discussion was on the controversy regarding the Raja Nanda Kumar case,
    the next discussions was on the part regarding the various reforms brought by Warren
    Hastings and Lord Cornwallis from 1772 to 1793.

    Report for Module-III (Evolution of Law and Legal Institutions)


    In this module we discussed on the importance of personal laws and its development in the
    Presidency towns established by the Company. Also along with personal laws, this period
    also saw and increase in emphasis on criminal and laws relating to punishment, also the
    charters conferred powers to establish courts of law to sit upon cases such as the
    establishment of High Courts in the year 1861 under The Indian High Courts Act, 1861, these
    high courts generally dealt with offences relating to Britishers, the company had also
    established Adalat’s to try the natives in various civil and criminal cases.
    The most important discussion in this section was about the Racial discrimination between
    the natives and the English settlers, the presidency towns in Chennai was divided into white
    and black town, separate laws applied to them, some of them were unfair and some of them
    were aptly applied.

    Thank you.

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