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Subject Compilation of Previous year questions [CQPs]

Course Jurisprudence -Course I

Category Short Notes [5/6/8 Marks]

Faculty Name

Years Covered January-2011 to April-2021

Compiled by Guru Ganesh , CA Balachandra & Team

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Units

Unit-I

Unit-II

Unit-III

Unit-IV

Unit-V

Subject Index

Unit-I

Meaning of Jurisprudence

Nature Law

Historical school of Jurisprudence

Austin School

Law as Command

Commands of Sovereign

Social Engineering

Sanction

Law as system of Rule

Legal Realism

International Law as Law

Authority of Law

Unit-II

Secondary Function of Court

Law and Justice

Administration of Justice

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Question of Law and Facts

Civil Wrong

Purpose of Law

Punishment

Justice

Law and fact

Unit-III

Custom

Precedent

Sub-ordinate Legislation

Delegated Legislation

Supreme Legislation

Ratio decidendi and Obiter Dicta

Comparative Law

Jude Made Law

Rule of Interpretation

Primary Legislation

Codification

Unit-IV

Right and Duty

Possessory Right

Possessory remedies

Legal Right

Possession

Ownership

Possession v Ownership

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Source of Obligation

Minor

Unborn Person

Dead Man

Personality

Person

Jus necessitates

Vestative facts

Incorporation

Unit-V

Vicarious Liability

Negligence

Obligation

Mens rea

Remedial Liability

Motive

Strict Liability

Damunum Sine injuria

Injuria sine damnm

Motive v Intention

act

Duty of Care

Causation

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 Sl Questions Year

Unit-I

Meaning of Meaning of jurisprudence June-2011

Jurisprudence

Nature Law Nature Law

Natural law. Jan-2011

June-2013

Concept of natural law June-2012

Write Explanatory note on Natural law June-2016

Dec-
2019[onb]

Natural Law School June-2015

Historical school of
jurisprudence
Historical school of jurisprudence Jan-2011

June-2012

Dec-2012

Austin School Write Explanatory Notes on Austinian School Dec-2014

June-
2019[onb]

Law as Command Law as Command June-2018

Commands of Commands of the sovereign. June-2011

Sovereign

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Social Engineering Comment on “Social Engineering”. Jan-2012

Legal Rules Characteristics of Legal Rules

Sanction Discuss Sanction as one of the essential of Law Dec-2013

Gunman Law Gunman law June-2012

Value of Write a short note on value of Jurisprudence. June-2014

Jurisprudence

Volkgeist Volkgeist

Mar-
2021[100m]

What is Volkgeist ? Dec-2013

Comment on idea of "Volksgeist June-2014

Law as Rule Write Explanatory Notes- Law as a system of Rule June-2015

Dec-2017

Describe Law as system of Rule Dec-

2019[18-19]
[

Legal Realism Legal realism Dec-2015

Dec-
2018[onb]

Mar-
2021[80M]

International Law Write a note on International Law as Law Dec-

as Law 2018[18-19]

Write a note on Write a note on authority of law Mar-

authority of law 2021[80M]

Unit-II

Secondary Function Secondary functions of the Court Jan-2011

of Court

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 June-2013

Dec-2013

June-2017

Dec-
2020[on]

Mar-
2021[80M]

Law and Justice Law and Justice Jan-2011

Administration of Write a note on necessity of administration of justic

Justice

Question of Law Question of Law June-2011

and Facts
Question of Facts Dec-2012

Write explanatory Notes on Question of Law and Dec-2014

Question of Fact

Civil Wrong Explain ‘Civil Wrong’ Jan-2012

Purpose of Law

Examine the Purpose of Law Jan-2012

State the functions and purpose of Law Dec-2012

June-2012

Punishment

Short Notes-Punishments. June-2011

Meaning of punishment. June-2012

Reformative theory June-2012

Dec-2016

Dec-
2019[18-19]

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 Write Explanatory Notes- Theories of Punishment June-2015

Dec-2018

Write a note on Purpose of Punishment Dec-

2019[18-19]

What are the primary and sanctioning rights ? June-2014

Point out the necessity of Administration of Justice. June-2014

Write a note on "Authority of Law June-2014

Justice Justice

Justice. June-2013

Elaborate the kinds of Justice. Dec-2013

Law and fact Law and fact Dec-2016

June-
2018[onb]

June-
2018[onb]

June-
2019[onb]

Dec-
2019[onb]

Mar-
2021[100M]

Write Explanatory Note on Law and fact June-2017

Decc-2017

Unit-III

Custom Customs June-2011

Dec-2014

Write a note on general Custom Dec-

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 2019[18-19]

Write Explanatory Note on requirement of Valid Dec-

Custom 2015June-
2019[onb]

Dec-
2020[on]

State the reasons for reception of customary law Mar-

2021[80M]

Precedent Precedent Dec-2015

Sub-ordinate Subordinate legislation. Jan-2011

Legislation
June-2017

Write Explanatory Note on Subordinate Legislation Dec-2015

State the form of Subordinate Legislation Mar-

2021[80M]

Delegated State the objectives of Delegated Legislation Jan-2012

Legislation

Supreme Explain Supreme Legislation. Dec-2013

Legislation

Ratio decidendi and Ratio decidendi Jan-2011

Obiter Dicta
Dec-2012

June-2013

Dec-
2020[on]

What is "Ratio Decidendi" ? How it is determined? June-2014

Obiter Dicta June-2012

State the significance of Obiter Dicta Dec-2013

Write Explanatory Note on Ratio decidendi and June-2015

Obiter Dicta
Dec-

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 2019[onb]

Write a short Note on Ratio decidendi and Obiter Dec-2017

dicta

Comparative Law Comparative Law June-2011

Judge made Law What is judge made law? Jan-2012

Rule of Rules of interpretation June-2012

interpretation
Write Explanatory Notes on Interpretation of enacted Dec-2014
law.
Dec-2018

Write a note on interpretation of enacted Law Dec-

2019[18-19]

Primary Legislation Primary Legislation Dec-2012

Codification Codification June-2013

Codification of Statue Mar-

2021[100M]

Unit -IV

Right and Duty Right and duty. Jan-2011

Explain the various kinds of duties Jan-2012

Write a short note on “Duty’ June-2014

Write Explanatory note on Right in Repropria and June-2016

Right in re-aliena

Primary and Sanctioning rights Dec-2016

Write explanatory Note on Primary and Sanctioning June-2018

Rights

Jus necessitates Jus necessitates June-2016

Vestative facts Vestative facts June-2016

Possessory Right Possessory rights June-2012

Possessory Possessory remedies Jan-2011

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remedies

Write explanatory note on Possessory remedies Dec-2015

Legal Right Enumerate the characteristics of legal right. Jan-2012

Write Explanatory Note-Explain Hohfeld’s analysis of June-2017

legal right.

Possession Possession

Kinds of possession. June-2011

State the elements of possession. Dec-2013

Acquisition of Possession Dec-2014

Dec-
2018[onb]

Explanatory Note- Possession intact Dec-

2020[on]

Distinguish between possession in law and Mar-

possession in fact. 2021[80M]

Element of Possession Mar-

2021[100M]

Ownership Kinds of ownership Dec-2012

Characteristics of Ownerships June-2015

Dec-
2018[onb]

Substantiate the subject matter of ownership Dec-2013

Co-ownership June-
2019[onb]

Write a note on trust and beneficial owners Mar-

2021[80M]

Possession v Write a note on distinguish between possession and June-

Ownership ownership 2019[18-19]

Source of Obligation Sources of Obligations June-2011

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Minor Legal Status of Minor June-2012

Unborn Person Legal status of unborn person Dec-2012

June-2015

Dec-2017

Short Notes-unborn person’s status Dec-

2019[onb]

Status of unborn Child June-2013

Dead Man Status of dead Man June-2013

Status of dead Person Dec-

2020[on]

Personality Write a short note on “Double capacity and double June-2014

personality”

Write a note on Corporate Personality Dec-

2019[18-19]

Person Person Dec-2014

Legal Person June-2017

Incorporation Write Explanatory Note-Uses and purposes of June-2017

incorporation.

Unit-V

Vicarious Liability Vicarious Liability Jan-2011

Dec-2016

Mar-
2021[100M]

Explanatory Note-Vicarious Liability Dec-

2020[on]

Negligence Negligence Jan-2011

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 June-2012

June-2013

Obligation Obligations June-2011

Solidary obligation June-2016

Dec-
2019[18-19]

Explanatory note on Kinds of Obligation Dec-2017

Short notes on Kinds of Obligation June-

2019[onb]

Mens rea Men rea

Mens rea June-2011

June-2012

Define Mens rea Dec-2013

Explanatory Note on Mense rea June-2018

Remedial Liability Examine the Remedial Liability Jan-2012

Strict Liability Rule of strict Liability Dec-2012

Dec-
2019[onb]

Damunum Sine Damnum sine injuria Dec-2012

injuria
June-2018

Mar-
2021[80M]

Mar-
2021[100M]

Injuria sine damnm Injuria sine damnum June-2013

June-2016

Write Explanatory note on Injuria sine Damnum Dec-2018

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Motive intention Define Motive Jan-2012

Short Note on Motive Dec-

2019[onb]

Distinguish between motive and intention Dec-2013

How does Motive differ from intention June-2014

Intention Dec-2017

Explanatory Not on Intention June-

2019[onb]

act What is the meaning of the term act June-2014

Duty of Care Short Notes -Duty of Care Dec-

2019[18-19]

Causation Write a note on causation Mar-

2021[80M]

onb Old & New Batch

on Old/New

18-19 2018 & 2019 Batch

80M- 80 Marks Question Paper

To identify Units

Prospective Over ruling Jan-2012

Privilege and immunity Dec-2015

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 Short Notes Mischief Rule Dec-2016

Write Explanatory note on Mischief Rule June-2018

Short Notes-Void and voidable agreement- Dec-2016

Note-Short Notes questions were allotted, 8 marks till 2018 and 6 marks from 2019

Questions involving “write Explanatory Note) were allotted 10 marks

Note-In 2021 March [100Marks] 11 th question was

Solve any two problems of the following:

(a) Damnum Sine Injuria.

(b) Vicarious Liability.

(c) Law and Fact

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