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Theory paper

Legal Writing and Legal Language

Examined on Constitution of India, Information Technology Act 2000, Indian Penal Code 1860, ss. 124A and 153A — repealed. Article 21 as read in Maneka Gandhi v Union of India (1978); the reservation provisions; and Article 44 on a Uniform Civil Code.

This page is the map of the paper: every syllabus unit, the leading cases with full summaries, and the exam questions the paper actually sets.

Units

  1. Unit 1 · Law, Sources, Legal Language and AnalysisModule I — law, rules, regulation and policy; custom, treaty, legislation and precedent; the characteristics of legal language; case analysis and case briefs; statutory analysis through the Information Technology Act 2000
  2. Unit 2 · Legal Concepts, Reading Judgments and TrialsModule II — core legal concepts; reading a judgment through Maneka Gandhi v Union of India and Municipal Council, Ratlam v Vardhichand; the trials of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, K. M. Nanavati and Derek Chauvin
  3. Unit 3 · Selected Readings, Moots and Constitutional ProvisionsModule III — the divisions of the law, case-law technique and interpretation of statutes; Lord Denning on locus standi; moot problems and memorials; reservation and the Uniform Civil Code
  4. Unit 4 · Technology, Social Media and the LawModule IV — internet jurisdiction, social media and freedom of speech, artificial intelligence and the legal profession, and virtual courts and e-courts in India