(With Effect from the Academic Year 2004-2005)
First Year B.L.S./ LL.B. Degree Course (Sem.-I)
ENGLISH - I
A. GRAMMAR and USAGE (Communication
Skills)
1. Simple sentences (one clause): Their phrase structure. i) Tense and concord ii) Basic Transformation: a) passive
b) negative
c) question
1. Compound and Complex Sentences: Use of connectives 2. Conditionals
3. Reported Speech
4. Some common errors in construction of sentences and sentence correction.
D. COMPOSITION SKILLS
i) Paragraph Writing ii) Essay Writing iii) Formal Correspondence:
i. Letters of application for jobs ii. Letters of complaint.
The Texts for study is:
1. The Due Process of Law by Lord Denning
(Only parts 1-5).
2. The Law and Literature (Part –One)
Dr. Shakuntala Bharvani
B. VOCABULARY (Communication Skills)
i)
Use of Legal terms ii) Idiomatic expressions
C. COMPREHENSIONS SKILLS
i)
Reading Comprehension
(Principles and Practice) ii) Listening Comprehension.
(As far as possible Short Legal
Passages should be selected)
Recommended Readings:
1) English Grammar, Composition and
Correspondence By M.A.Pink and
S.E.Thomas. London : The Gregg
Publishing Co.,
2) English and American Business Letters
By C.E.Eakersley and W. Kauf Mann
London : Longmans
ECONOMICS
8. Industry
1. Introduction
i) Economics as a science and its relevance to law. ii) Positive and normative economics iii) Micro and Macro economics
2. Demand and Supply
i) Law of demand and Elasticity of demand. ii) Law of supply iii) Determination of price
3. Cost and Revenue Analysis
i) Cost concepts ii) Revenue concepts
i) Growth and pattern of
Industrialization
ii) New Industrial Policy 1991 iii) Public sector and disinvestments policy iv) Small scale industries – Problems and policies.
9. Financial Markets
i) Indian Money Market – Features and
Reforms
ii) Indian Capital Market – Features and
Growth
iii) SEBI
10. Fiscal System
4. Market Structure
i) Features of perfect
Citations: K.D. Gaur, Criminal Law : cases and Materials (1999), Butterworths, India Ratanlal – Dhirajlal’s Indian Penal Code (1994 reprint) K.D.Gaur, A Text Book on the Indian Penal Code (1998), Universal, Delhi. P.S.Achuthan Pillai, Criminal Law (1995) Eastern, Lucknow. Hidayathullaw, M., et.al., Ratanlal and Dhirajlals The Indian Penal Code (1994 reprint), Wadhwa and Co., Nagpur. B.M.Gandhi, Indian Penal Code (1996), Eastern, Lucknow CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Nature and Features A broad over-view of the constitution of India, 1950. Independence Act, 1947 and the drafting of our constitution.