IP University LLB Syllabus

Can you provide me the syllabus for LL.B. (H) First Year offered by University School of Law and Legal Studies of IP University or Guru Gobind Signh Indraprastha University?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The syllabus for LL.B. (H) First Year offered by University School of Law and Legal Studies of IP University or Guru Gobind Signh Indraprastha University is as follows:

LL.B. (H) First Year

Paper - I (Semester – I)
Code: 101 Subject: Legal Method Credit: 6
1 Scope of the subject
- What is ‘Law’? Does law exist outside society?
- Why does society need law? Is law inevitable?
- How is law made? Is legal development natural or planned?
- What are the uses and functions of law in society?
- How is law related to other social institutions and processes?
- What are legal materials?
- Where do you find them? Use of law library.
- How to read a ‘case’?
- How to read a statute?
- What is special about legal reasoning?
- How to do research in law?
- What is legal writing and how to develop skills of legal writing?
- Is law a system? What is the character of legal system?
- How does law grow with changes in society?
- How do ‘feminists’ look at law? Is law gender-biased?
- How does one follow legal developments in different societies?
2 Distinction and classification of:
- Public law and private law;
- Substantive law and adjective law;
- Municipal law and International law.
3 Sources of law
- Custom;
- Precedent;
- Legislation.
4 Basic concepts of Indian legal system
- Rule of law;
- Separation of powers;
- Introduction of English common law in India;
- Judicial system in India.
5 Legal Research and writing
- Legal Research in law library;
- Socio-legal Research using social science research methods;
- Research and writing at the undergraduate level.
6 Method of Structuring a Report / Thesis / Assignment / Project

IP University LLB (H) Syllabus