Important Short Questions & Answers – Topics

1. Explain Vested Ownership, Ownership, relation between Possession and Ownership.
   
   
2. Explain Positive Law, Positivism, And Positive Mortality.
   
   
3. Explain Kinds of Duties, Imperfect Duties, Absolute and Relative Duties.
   
   
4. Explain Meaning of General and Particular Jurisprudence, Historical school of Jurisprudence.
   
   
5. Definition of Custom, Explain Custom as source law.
   
   
6. Define Volksgeist.
   
   
7. Doctrine of Precedent.
   
   
8. What is Vicarious Liability?
   
   
9. Legal Status of Unborn Persons.
   
   
10. Meaning, Definition and Purpose of Law.
    
    
11. Concept of Stare Decisis.
    
    
12. Explain Realist School, Philosophical School, Analytical School, And Sociological School.

13. Ratio Decidendi.
    
    
14. Concept of Strict Liability.
    
    
15. Explain H.L.A Hart’S Concept Of Law, Austin’S Concept Of Law and Legal Source Of Law.
    
    
16. Civil Justice and Natural Justice.
    
    
17. Legal Sanctions.
    
    
18. Legal Status Of Dead Men.
    
    
19. Constructive Possession.
    
    
20. Natural Law.
    
    
21. Political Order
    
    
22. Legislation and Delegated Legislation.
    
    
23. Grundnorm.
    
    
24. Social Engineering.
    
    
25. Relevance Of Motive.
    
    
26. Sovereignty.
    
    
27. Mens Rea.
    
    
28. Normative Science.
    
    
29. Definition Of Property.

30. Obiter Dicta.
    
    
31. Marxist Theory of Law
    
    
32. Concept of Dharma
    
    
33. Legal Person
    
    
34. Pure Theory of Law
    
    
35. Keshavananda Bharathi Case
    
    
36. Prescription
    
    
37. Social Solidarity
    
    
38. Codification
    
    
39. Reformative Theory
    
    
40. Legal Right
    
    
41. Immunity
    
    
42. Subordinate Legislation
    
    
43. Perfect and Imperfect Rights
    
    
44. Preventive Theory
    
    
45. Positive and Negative Rights
    
    
46. Retributive Theory
    
    
47. Salmond’s Definition of Law
    
    
48. Equity
    
    
49. Corporation Sole
    
    
50. Deterrent Theory
    
    
51. Kinds Of Juristic Persons
    
    
52. Private And Public Law
    
    
53. Corporate Personality
    
    
54. Bad Man’s Theory Of Law
    
    
55. Command
    
    
56. Golden Rule Of Interpretation
    
    
57. Concept Of State
    
    
58. Rights In Rem
    
    
59. Legal Status Of Lower Animals
    
    
60. Legal Realism
    
    
61. Mischief Rule
    
    
62. Obligation And Its Kinds
    
    
63. Prospective Overruling
    
    
64. Jus Necessitates
    
    
65. Purpose Of Incorporation
    
    

Important Essay Questions & Answers – Topics

1. Explain Kelsen’s pure theory of law with reference to brand norms and its Criticism.
   
   
2. Discuss Civil and Criminal justice with the relevant case law.
   
   
3. What are the requisites of a Valid Custom and explain the present position of customary law.
   
   
4. What are different kinds of Property and modes of Acquisition of property?
   
   
5. Explain the contributions of Roscoe pound to sociological jurisprudence.
   
   
6. Jurisprudence means the knowledge of things divine and human, the science of right and wrong. Discuss the above statement.
   
   
7. Explain Sole Ownership and Co-Ownership.
   
   
8. Explain Supreme and Subordinate legislation and advantages of Precedent over legislation.
   
   
9. Explain basic structure doctrine with the help of cases.
   
   
10. Explain the theory of strict liability Refer to cases.
    
    
11. Define Obligation and discuss the various sources of Obligation.
    
    
12. Distinguish between Ownership and Possession.
    
    
13. Define the term Negligence. Explain the theories of Negligence.
    
    
14. Define property and describe various theories of property.
    
    
15. Examine the concept of reasonableness with reference to the decided. Cases State of Madras Vs V.G.Row and Menaka Gandhi Vs. Union of India.
    
    
16. Define liability and distinguish between Civil and Criminal liability.
    
    
17. Define the term right. Explain the various kinds of legal rights.
    
    
18. What are different schools of Jurisprudence?
    
    
19. Discuss the principle of vicarious liability. Whether the principle can be extended to the Government’s liability?
    
    
20. Explain the theories regarding the purpose of criminal justice.
    
    
21. Examine different kinds of ownership and differentiate the relationship between ownership and possession.
    
    
22. Explain the concept of justice and discuss the theories of punishment.
    
    
23. Discuss the relationship between law and morality. Is law devoid of morality?
    
    
24. Law is the command of the Sovereign. Critically examine the theory of sovereignty.
    
    
25. What are different kinds of customs? Distinguish between Custom and Prescription.
    
    
26. Discuss the legislation as a source of law and explain delegated legislation and subordinate legislation.
    
    
27. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Codification.
    
    
28. What is Jurisprudence? How is it different from other social sciences?
    
    
29. Define Obligation and discuss the various sources of Obligation.
    
    
30. Explain the definition of law by Austin and Salmond. What are your concluding remarks on both theories?
    
    
31. In Reality law consists of rules in accordance with reason and nature. Elaborate.
    
    
32. What are the circumstances destroying or weakening the binding force of Precedent?
    
    
33. What are Possessory remedies?
    
    
34. Explain obligated legislation and point out its dangers and various safeguards against same.
    
    
35. The law is without a doubt a remedy for great evils, yet it brings with it evils of its own. Examine.
    
    
36. Discuss the critical obligation arising out of Contract and Quasi contract.