UNDER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM

CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS Three Years LLB Honours (w.e.f. 2016-2017) UNDER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM KAZI NAZRUL UNIVERSITY ASANSOL, WEST BENGAL

Kazi Nazrul University Curriculum and Syllabus Three Years LL.B Honours (6 Semesters Pattern) With effect from 2016-2017 academic session and onwards There will be six semesters in the three -year LL.B Honours. The Curriculum consists of 30 Core Papers, 4 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Papers, 4 Skill Enhancement Papers and 4 Papers from Discipline Specific Elective and2 from Generic Elective Papers. Each paper is of 100. L stands for Lecture Hour, T for Tutorial and P for Practical. LL.B Honours: 1 st Semester Course Code Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks Constitution of India C-1 5 - I - 2 5 100 Jurisprudence C-2 5 - I - 2 5 100 Contract I C-3 5 - I - 2 5 100 Family Law I C-4 5 - I - 2 5 100 Family Law II C-5 5 - I - 2 5 100 Law of Torts including Motor Vehicles Act and Consumer Protection Soft Skills in Law and Communicative English C-6 5 - I - 2 5 100 SEC-1 AEC-1 2-4 - 2 5(2.5+2.5) 100(50+50) SEMESTER TOTAL: 35 700

LL.B Honours: 2 nd Semester Course Code Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks Contract II C-7 5 - I - 2 5 100 C.P.C and Limitation C-8 5 - I - 2 5 100 Law of Crimes: I.P.C C-9 5 - I - 2 5 100 Law of Crimes: Cr.P.C C-10 5 - I - 2 5 100 Evidence Law C-11 5 - I - 2 5 100 Property Law including TPA and Easement Accounting System and Environmental Science C-12 5 - I - 2 5 100 SEC-2 AEC-2 2-4 - 2 5(2.5+2.5) 100(50+50) SEMESTER TOTAL: 35 700 LL.B Honours: 3 rd Semester Course Code Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks Administrative Law C-13 5 - I - 2 5 100 Public International Law C-14 5 - I - 2 5 100 Enviro0nmental Law C-15 5 - I - 2 5 100 Legal Method Including methodology to write Seminar Paper(ILI and APA) C-16 5 - I - 2 5 100 Professional Ethics C-17 5 - I - 2 5 100 Labour Law C-18 5 - I - 2 5 100 SEMESTER TOTAL: 30 600

LL.B Honours: 4 th Semester Course Code Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks Company Law C-19 5 - I - 2 5 100 Banking Law C-20 5 - I - 2 5 100 Taxation Law C-21 5 - I - 2 5 100 Land Laws and Tenancy C-22 5 - I - 2 5 100 Arbitration, Conciliation and ADR C-23 5 - I - 2 5 100 Interpretation of Statutes C-24 5 - I - 2 5 100 SEMESTER TOTAL: 30 600 LL.B Honours: 5 th Semester Course Code Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks Copy Rights Law C-25 5 - I - 2 5 100 Patent Right Creation and Registration C-26 5 - I - 2 5 100 Competition Law C-27 5 - I - 2 5 100 International Law or Intellectual Property including Trade Marks /Industrial Design Women and Children Law / Gender Justice Law, Poverty and Development /Criminology and Penology Seminar on Human Rights and Law Seminar on Public Health and Law DSE-1 5 - I - 2 5 100 DSE-2 5 - I - 2 5 100 GE-1 5 - I - 2 5 100 SEC-3 AEC-3 2-4-2 5(2.5+2.5) 100(50+50) SEMESTER TOTAL: 35 700

LL.B Honours: 6 th Semester Course Code Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks Insurance Law C-28 5 - I - 2 5 100 Corporate Governance C-29 5 - I - 2 5 100 Information Technology and Right to Information C-30 5 - I - 2 5 100 Law and Medicine/Sports Law DSE-3 5 - I - 2 5 100 Air and Space Law/Maritime Law DSE-4 5 - I - 2 5 100 Investment and Security Law/Bankruptcy Law GE-2 5 - I - 2 5 100 Moot Court and Internship SEC-4,Drafting, Pleading and Conveyance AEC-4 2-4-2 5(2.5+2.5) 100(50+50) SEMESTER TOTAL: 35 700

LLB Honours: Syllabus Semester 1 Paper I Constitution of India Full Marks:80 Unit- I Constitution, Constitutional Law, Salient Features of the Indian Constitution. Preamble, Citizenship, Fundamental Rights Unit-II Directive Principles of State Policy,Fundament Duties, Parliamentary Government, Bicameralism, Legislative privileges, Council of Ministers, President of India, Governor. Unit - III Judicial process under the Constitution, Nature of Judicial Review, Judicial Review-Arts.32, 226 and 227, Court system in India, Judges- Appointments, conditions of service, etc. Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, Public Interest Litigation, Activism Versus Restraint. Unit--- IV Federalism, Center-State Relations, Freedom of Inter State Trade, Methods of Constitutional Amendment, Limitation on Constitutional Amendment. Unit -V Emergency provisions, Services under the State, State Liability Recommended Books: Jain M.P., Indian Constitutional Law, Bombay: N M Tripathi, 1994 4th Ed. Reference Books: H.M. Seervai.Constitutional Law of India, Bombay: N. M. Tripathi Pvt. Ltd., 1996, 3 vols V.N. Shukla, Constitution of India, Lucknow: Eastern Book Co., 1995, 9th Ed. D.D., Basu.Shorter Constitution of India, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.1994, 11thEd. Ed. Austin Granville, The Indian Constitution: Comer Stone of a Nation Oxford: Clarandon Press, 1966

Paper II Jurisprudence Unit I Concept of Law: Nature and Value of Jurisprudence Sources of Law Legislation, Precedents and Custom Legal theories: Analytical Theory, American Realism, Natural Law theories, Pure theory of Law, Sociological theories, Historical School Full Marks: 80 Unit-II Legal Right: Meaning, basis and elements of Legal Right, Relation between rights and duties, Kinds of Legal rights Unit-III Ownership: Meaning and characteristics of ownership, Kinds of ownership Possession: Meaning, elements of possession, Kinds of Possession, Distinctions between ownership and Possession Unit-IV Personality : Meaning, Natural Person and Artificial Person, Legal Status of Animals, dead persons and unborn Persons, Theories of Corporate personality. Unit-V Relationship between law and Morality: Hart- Devlin Debate, Ronald Dworkin on Morality Recommended Books 1. B.N. Mani Tripathi Jurisprudence and legal theory 2. S.N. Dhyani- Fundamentals of Jurisprudence 3. V.D. Mahajan - Jurisprudence References: 1. Salmond Jurisprudence 2. G.W. Paton- Jurisprudence 3. Dias Jurisprudence 4. Friedman Legal theory 5. Lloyd Introduction of Jurisprudence

Paper III Contract I Full Marks:80 Unit-I Fundamental basis of the Law of Contract Unit-II Formation of Contract and the Fundamental rules relating to the agreement with special reference to Indian and English Law, (Sec. 2 to Sec.9 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872) Unit-III Essential conditions of a contract with special reference to Indian and English Law, (Including chapters on minor, consideration free consent and vitiating factors; void, Illegal agreement, voidable contract etc., with detailed studies on general and specific rules thereof : (Sec. 10 to Sec.30). Contingent Contract (Sec. 31- Sec. 36) Unit-IV Discharge of Contract (Sec.37 to Sec. 75). The chapter includes rules of performance, frustration, breach of contract and remedies thereof, etc. quasi contracts, doctrine of Unit-V Specific Relief Act Recommended Books 1. Dr Avtar Singh Introduction to the Law of Contract. 2. R.K.Bangia.Law of Contract 3. Basu Law of Contract Anson English Law of Contract Reference Book 1. Mulla Indian Contact Act, 1872 (Student s Edition) 2. Desai Indian Contract Act, 1872 3. Cheshire and Fifoot Law of Contract 4. Ponnuswami & Puri Cases & Materials on Contract 5. V.G. Ramchandra Law of Contract

Paper IV FAMILY LAW I Full Marks: 80 Unit-I Sources of Hindu Law, Joint Family System and Copercenary General Principles of succession under the Dayabhaga and the Mitakshara systems Unit-II Women s property and Stridhan, Distinction between Dayabhaga and the Mitakshara systems and effect of modern statutes Unit-III Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Unit-IV Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, Unit-V Special Marriage Act, 1954 Recommended Books 1. Paras Diwan Modern Hindu Law 2. Mulla Hindu Law 3. S.S.Singh Unification of Divorce Laws in India 4. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. 5. Hindu Succession Act, 1956 6. Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 7. Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 Reference Books. 1. S.K. Mitter Hindu Law 2. Venkatraman A Treatise on Hindu Law 3. Derret Modern Hindu Law 4. Tahir Mohamood Hindu Law 5. Desai Hindu Law

Paper V FAMILY LAW II Unit-I Concept and Background of Muslim Law Full Marks: 80 Unit-II Sources & Schools, Muslim Law as applied and interpreted in India Unit-III Marriage, Dower and maintenance Dissolutions of Marriage Unit-IV Gift, Wills, Waqf and Administration of Estate Unit-V Pre-emption and Inheritance. Recommended Books: 1. S. Khalid Rashid, Muslim Law. 2. Fyzee, A., Outlines of Muhammadan Law 3. I.A.Khan(ed);Muslim Law Reference 1. Abdur Rahim, Principle of Islamic Jurisprudence (1994) 2. Syed Ameer Ali, Mahommedan Law, Tagore Law Lectures 3. Baillie, Digest of Moohummudan Law 4. The Durrul Mukhtar, (Tr. By Brij Mohan Dayal) 5. Hedaya, Tr. into English by C.l. Hamilton 6. S. Mahmassani, The Philosophy of Jurisprudence in Islam. 7. Tyabji, F. B., Muhammadan Law, The Personal Law of Muslims.

Unit-I Paper VI LAW OF TORT INCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLES LAW AND CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS Full Marks: 80 Nature and Principles of Tort: Historical development of Laws of Torts and applicability in India. Basic foundation of Law of Torts, Meaning, Ingredients, Relevancy of Mens Rea & Malice,, Felonious & Foreign Tort, Constituents of Tortuous liability., Nuisance and Negligence, Special Torts : (a) As to person Assault, Battery, Mayhem & False imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, Defamation, (b) As to Property: Trespass, Trespass ab-initio. Unit-II Immunity from tortuous liability Husband and wife relationship, married women and Act of State. Justification Inevitable accident, Act of God, Statutory Authority, Volenti-non fit injuria. Unit-III Vicarious liability By relation and ratification Doctrine of Course of employment, Common employment, Independent Contractor. Remedies & Damages: Judicial & Extra-judicial remedies Direct & consequential Cause, Remoteness test Unit-IV Consumer Protection Laws: The Consumer Protection Act 1986 (Sections-2, 9-27.) Unit-V Motor Vehicle Act( M.V Act 1988) with all recent amendments. Comparative study of Salient features of M.V Act 1939 with M.V.Act 1988. Recommended Books: 1. Bangia Law of Torts 2. Avtar Singh Law of Carriages 3. Avtar Singh Consumer Protection 4 D.Basu-Laws of Torts 5. Law of Torts - Ratanlal & Dhirajlal Reference. 1.. Salmond Law of Torts 2.. R.H. Bhatt Consumer & The Land 3.. J.N. Barowala Commentary on the Consumer Protection Act 1986.

Paper VII Soft Skills in Law and Communicative English Full Marks: 60 Unit I Fundamentals of Computer Unit I MS-office: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point.MS Access, Use of Multimedia, Footnoting. Fundamentals of Internet, E-Mails and DBMS in Law. Unit.III Electronic Resources in Law and its use: E Journal, E-Books, Data Base on Law and Digital Library. Unit IV Communicative English: Subject, Predicate, Gender, Tense. Voice Change, Vocabularies used in law with their phonetically used knowledge. Unit V Communicative English: Direct Speech and Indirect Speech, and Degrees of Comparisons. Recommended Books for Soft Skill: PradeepKumar Sinha and Priti Sinha-Fundamentals of Computer; BPB Publications, Sixth Edition. Nishit Mathur- Fundamentals of Computer; Aph Publishing Corporation. Recommended Books for Communicative English: Sanjay Kumar.Pushp Lata-Communication Skills; Oxford; 2010 The Communicative Advanced Radiant Readers, Allied Publisher NOTE: All the Units of every Course (Papers and Subjects) are to be given equal importance in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation Process. At least one question is to be set compulsorily by the Paper Setter from each Unit and must be answered by the examinees. Syllabus of the remaining semesters to be sent shortly