Allahabad Law Agency
LEGAL METHOD AND INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL SYSTEM
Semester – I
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
COURSE MODULE
Hidayatullah National Law University, Uparawara, Raipur (C.G.), 2010
LEGAL METHOD AND INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL SYSTEM
Semester – I
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
Ms. Shradha B. Rajput Mr. Azim B. Pathan
INTRODUCTION OF THE COURSE:
This course is the window to see the law and it is the beginning of law students’ transformation into lawyers. It teaches the students to engage with legal texts, to think critically about the law, and most importantly, to think, analyze and reason like a lawyer. The course will familiarize students with theoretical debates on the nature of law and will acquaint them with their real world consequences. It will equip students to gain a basic understanding of the legal system, the institutions, the nature of legal rules, the technique of legal and logical reasoning and analysis.
The course focuses on orientation of students to legal studies from the point of view of basic concepts of law and legal systems. Law as an independent discipline has its own materials and methods. Though related to and reflective of social processes, its development is unique in several respects. The character and content of legal knowledge are explained to the students in a systematic manner. Familiarity with the sources of law and with legal materials and competence to find the law by the use of the law library are major concerns of this course. The skill to appreciate law as a process in the context of other processes in society (political, economic, cultural, and social) is one of the goals of this course. The course may help the student to think and acts like a lawyer and respond to law studies accordingly. This course also deals with legal and judicial process, art of analyzing the judgments. Moreover, it also deals with the techniques and
Semester – I
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
COURSE MODULE
Hidayatullah National Law University, Uparawara, Raipur (C.G.), 2010
LEGAL METHOD AND INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL SYSTEM
Semester – I
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
Ms. Shradha B. Rajput Mr. Azim B. Pathan
INTRODUCTION OF THE COURSE:
This course is the window to see the law and it is the beginning of law students’ transformation into lawyers. It teaches the students to engage with legal texts, to think critically about the law, and most importantly, to think, analyze and reason like a lawyer. The course will familiarize students with theoretical debates on the nature of law and will acquaint them with their real world consequences. It will equip students to gain a basic understanding of the legal system, the institutions, the nature of legal rules, the technique of legal and logical reasoning and analysis.
The course focuses on orientation of students to legal studies from the point of view of basic concepts of law and legal systems. Law as an independent discipline has its own materials and methods. Though related to and reflective of social processes, its development is unique in several respects. The character and content of legal knowledge are explained to the students in a systematic manner. Familiarity with the sources of law and with legal materials and competence to find the law by the use of the law library are major concerns of this course. The skill to appreciate law as a process in the context of other processes in society (political, economic, cultural, and social) is one of the goals of this course. The course may help the student to think and acts like a lawyer and respond to law studies accordingly. This course also deals with legal and judicial process, art of analyzing the judgments. Moreover, it also deals with the techniques and
Citations: 1. Robert Watt, Concise Legal Research, (5th ed.), Universal Law Pub. Pvt. Co., New Delhi, 2004 (Chapter 1). 2. S.K. Verma and M. Afzal Wani, Legal Research and Methodology, (2nd ed.), The Indian Law Institute, 2001 ( Chapter Part- B p.219-240). 3. Sharon Hanson, Legal Method, Cavendish Pub. Ltd., London, (1999). 2. Robert Watt, Concise Legal Research, (5th ed.), Universal Law Pub. Pvt. Co., New Delhi, 2004 (Chapter 6) 3 4. S.K. Mishra, Legal Language, Legal Writing and General English, (1st ed.), Allahabad Law Agency, 2008 (Chapter12) Module – IX Use of E-Sources and Legal Research (04 Lectures) 2. Andrew Goodman, ‘How Judges Decide Cases: Reading, Writing and Analysing Judgements’, Universal Law Pub., 2009. 2. Commissioner of Income Tax, Hyderabad v. P.J. Chemicals, 1994 Suppl. (3) SCC 535 3 8. Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Meerut v. Sharvan Kumar Swarup & Sons, 1994 (6) SCC 623 9