USLM

Basics of Law (40 hours)

Unit 1- Introduction and Concepts of Law

1.1 Law- Meaning and Classification of Law

1.2 Rights, Duty, Power, Obligation, Privilege and Immunity
1.3 Property, Ownership and Possession

Unit 2- Fundamentals of Civil Law

2.1 Tort (Negligence, Assault, Battery, Defamation)

2.2 Contract (Meaning & Essentials of Contract)
2.3 Transfer of Property (Sale, Mortgage, Lease, Exchange, Gift)

Unit 3- Fundamentals of Criminal Procedure

3.1 Offence- Meaning and Kinds (Compoundable and Non-Compoundable Offence,

Cognizable and Non-Cognizable Offence, Bailable and Non-Bailable Offence),
Punishment and Types of Punishment
3.2 FIR and Complaint
3.3 Trial and Appeal

Unit 4- Fundamentals of Constitutional Law

4.1 Fundamental Rights and Reasonable Restrictions

4.2 Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
4.3 Judicial Remedy (Article 32, 226), PIL (Public Interest Litigation)

Recommended Readings

 Raymond Wacks, Law: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edn. 2014.
 Raymond Wacks, Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press,
2nd Edn. 2014.
 S. N. Dhyani, Jurisprudence and Indian Legal Theory, Central Law Agency, 4th Edn. 2013.
 R.V. Kelkar, Lectures on Criminal Procedure, Eastern Book Company, 6th Edn, 2017.
 Subhash C. Kashyap, Our Political System, National Book Trust, 2011.