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Theory paper

Sociology

Examined on Sociology — no governing enactment. This paper is examined on concepts, theory and method, not on a statute. Where a legal example is used — juvenile justice, marriage law, social legislation — the current Indian provision is cited in the chapter itself, because a general sociology text will often illustrate from another jurisdiction or from repealed law.

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 · Introduction to Sociology — Module I — the nature and scope of sociology; its relation to the other social sciences; basic concepts — society, community, association, institution; and the individual and society
  2. Unit 2 · Crime, Deviance and Social Control — Module II — deviance and conformity; theories of deviance; crime and its kinds; and the agencies and forms of social control
  3. Unit 3 · Social Processes and Change — Module III — the associative and dissociative social processes; social change, its factors and theories; and the methods of social research
  4. Unit 4 · Law, Society and Social Thought — Module IV — law as an instrument of social change; the legal profession; and the founders of sociological thought — Comte, Durkheim, Marx and Weber

Exam questions

Where it sits

Statutes