Jurisprudence Notes

Unit I: Introduction to Jurisprudence

1.Meaning and Definition of Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence in its widest sense means. " knowledge of the law" but in its limited sense evolution and explanation of general principles upon which actual rules of law are based. It is mainly concerned with the rules of external conduct which people are compelled to obey. Therefore sometimes it is said that jurisprudence is that Jurisprudence is that science which gives us knowledge about "law" but the term law we always use in its abstract sense i.e. not in the sense of concrete statutes but in the sense of principles underlying law Thus, for example, there are various branches of law existing in the modern legal system such as contract, crime, trust, properties, companies, lam etc. In jurisprudence, we have to study the basic principles of each of these branches and we are not concerned with the detailed rules of these laws. We definitely study these laws in detail when we study those branches of law separately. Jurisprudence examines the general principles of Jaw, therefore, Jurisprudence may be considered to be the study and systematic arrangements of the general principles of law. 

2.Scope and Importance of Jurisprudence

3.Kinds of Jurisprudence

Syllabus of Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence (न्याय विधिशास्त्र)

Tribhuwan University, Syllabus

Jurisprudence

Course Title: Jurisprudence	Full Marks: 100
Course No: Law 321	Pass Mark: 35%
Duration of the Course: One Year (125 hrs)	Level : LL.B.
Year: I	Nature: Compulsory

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are:

- to impart the students about meaning, scope and importance of jurisprudence.

-to inculcate the knowledge about schools of jurisprudence, Critical Legal Studies, Feminist Jurisprudence and Post modernism.

-to impart knowledge about the definition and sources of law, concept of justice and rule of law and rights and duties

-to acquaint the students with the nature and meaning of person, property and kinds of property.

-to enable the students to understand about obligation, its kinds, possession, kinds of possession, ownership and kinds of ownership.

Unit I: Introduction to Jurisprudence

1.Meaning and Definition of Jurisprudence

2.Scope and Importance of Jurisprudence

3.Kinds of Jurisprudence

Unit II: Schools of Jurisprudence

1.Natural Law School

2.Historical School

3.Sociological School

4.5. Analytical School

5.Realist School

6.Socialist School

Unit III: Trends in Jurisprudence

1.Critical Legal Studies

2.Feminist Jurisprudence

3.Post- modernism

Unit-IV: Definition and Sources of Law

1.Definition of Law

2.Purpose of Law

3.Functions of Law

4.Kinds of Law

5.Sources of Law

                  (a)Custom: Meaning and kinds of custom

                  (b)Legislation: Meaning and kinds of legislation

                  (c)Precedent: Meaning and kinds of precedent

                  (d)Conventions

                  (e)Juristic writings, professional opinion, reason, equity, justice and good conscience.

                                           Unit-V: The Concept of Justice and Rule of Law:

1.Meaning of Justice

2.Importance of Justice

3.Kinds of Justice

                  (a)Criminal Justice

                  (b)Civil Justice

                  (c)Distributive Justice

                  (d)Corrective Justice

4.Rule of Law

                                                              Unit-VI: Rights and Duties

1.Definition of Rights

2.Elements and theories of Rights

3.Kinds of Rights.

                (a)Perfect and Imperfect Rights

                (b)Legal and Equitable Rights

                (c)Positive and Negative Rights

                (d)Rights in Rem and Right in personam

                (e)Proprietary and Personal Rights

                (f)Vested and Contingent Rights

                (g)Principal and Accessory Rights

                (h)Primary and Sanctioning Rights

(i)Rights in re-propria and rights in re-aliena.

4.Meaning and kinds of duties

5.Relationship between rights and duties

                                                                 Unit-VII: Person

1.Meaning of Person and Personality

2.Kinds of Person

(a)Natural Person

(b)Legal Person

3.Double Capacity and double Personality

4.Legal Status of: (a) Dead Person, (b) Unborn Person, (c) Animal.

5.Theories of Corporate Personality

Unit-VIII: Property:

1.Basic Legal Concept of Property

2.Importance of Property

3.Kinds of Property

                                                        Unit-IX: Obligation and Liability

1 Meaning and kinds of Obligation

2. Meaning and Kinds of Liability

                                                                Unit-X: Possession

1.Meaning and importance of possession

2.Constituent Elements of Possession: Animus Possidendi, Corpus Possessionis

3.Types of Possession

(a).Possession in Law

(b)Possession in Fact

(c)Mediate and Immediate Possession

(d)Corporeal Possession

(e)Incorporeal Possession

(f)Constructive Possession

(g)Concurrent Possession

4.Acquisition, Continuation and Termination of Possession

5. Possessory Remedies

                                                               Unit-XI: Ownership

1.Meaning and Subject matter of Ownership

2.Classification of Ownership

(a)Sole and Co-ownership

(b)Corporeal and Incorporeal Ownership

(c)Trust and Beneficial Ownership

(d)Absolute and Limited Ownership

(e)Vested and Contingent Ownership

3.Acquisition, continuation and termination of ownership

4.Ownership and Possession

Text and Reference Materials

1.Aggarwal, Nomita Dr., Jurisprudence, Central Law Publication, Allahabad, India. (1997)

2.Constitutions and Relevant Statutes

3.Curzon, L.B Jurisprudence (Lecture Notes,) Cavendish Publishing Ltd, London. (1993)

4.Fitzerald, P.J, Salmond on Jurisprudence, N.M Tripathi, Bombay. (Recent Edition)

5.Lamsal, Narayan Bidhi Shastra (Jurisprudence), Ratna Pustak Bhandar, Kathmandu, Nepal. (2048 B.S)

6.Lord Llyod of Hamstead, Introduction to Jurisprudence, Stevens and Sons, London. (1979)

7.Mukhia, Bal Bahadur, (Comparative Jurisprudence, A& Malati Mukhia, Kathmandu, Nepal. 2004)

8.Pradhananga, Rajit Bhakta & Kishore Silwal, A General Outline of Jurisprudence, Ratna Pustak Bhandar, Kathmandu, Nepal. (2055 B.S)

9.Romatz, David S & Kathleen Elliot Vinsoon Legal Analysis , Carolina Academic Pres, North Carolina. (1998)

10.Sangroula, Y.R. Kanoon Shastra Ra Kanoon Ko Sidhantha (3rd ed), Parirabi Pustak Prakashan, Kathmandu, Nepal (2050 B.S)

11.Tripathi, B.N. Jurisprudence (Legal Theory), Allahabad Law Agency, Indiaory

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are:

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o impart the

students about meaning, scope and importance of jurisprudence.

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o inculcate the knowledge about schools of jurisprudence, Critical Legal Studies,

Feminist Jurisprudence and Post

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odernism.

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o impart knowledge about the definition and sources of law, concep

t of justice and rule

of law and rights and duties

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t

o acquaint the students with

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nature and meaning of person, property and kinds of

property.

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o enable the students to understand about obligation, its kinds, possession, kinds of

possession, ownership

and kinds of ownership.

Unit I: Introduction to Jurisprudence

1.

Meaning and Definition of Jurisprudence

2.

Scope and Importance of Jurisprudence

3.

Kinds of Jurisprudence

Unit II: Schools of Jurisprudence

1. Natural Law School

2. Historical School

3.

Sociological School

4. 5. Analytical School

5. Realist School

6. Socialist School

Unit III: Trends in Jurisprudence

1.

Critical Legal Studies

2.

Feminist Jurisprudence

3.

Post

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m

odernism

Unit

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IV: Definition and Sources of Law

1.

Definition of Law

2.

Purpose of Law

3.

Functions of Law

4.

Kinds of Law

5.

Sources of Law

Curriculum of First Year LLB

Tribhuwan University, Nepal

Curriculum of LL.B. Programme

LL. B. First Year

For more Information Please visit: http://www.nlc.edu.np

Course Code No.	Course Title	Nature of Course	Full Marks	Period /Year
Law 321	Jurisprudence	Compulsory		125
Law 322	Procedural Law	Compulsory		125
Law 323	Constitutional Law	Compulsory		125
Law 324	Comparative Law and Nepalese Legal System	Compulsory		125
Law 325	Law of Contract	Compulsory	50	62
Any Two
Law 326	Family Law	Optional	50	62
Law 327	Media Law	Optional	50	62
Law 328	Administrative Law	Optional	50	62
Law 329	Taxation	Optional	50	62
Law 330	Fiscal Law	Optional	50	62
Law 331	International Trade Law	Optional	50	62
Law 332	Equity and Torts	Optional	50	62
Law 333	Child Rights and Juvenile Justice	Optional	50	62