1. Introduction 10 1.1 Definition: 1.1.1. Meaning of the term 'jurisprudence' 1.1.2. Norms and the normative system. 1.1.2.1.

Legal system as a normative order: similarities and differences of the Legal system with other normative systems. 1.1.3. Nature and definition of law 1.2. Purpose of Law 2.1. Justice 2.1.1. Meaning and kinds 2.1.2. Justice, Order and the Rules of Law: approaches of different schools 2.1.3. Power of the Supreme Court of India to do complete justice in a case: Article
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2.1.4. Feminist jurisprudence 1.3. Administration of Justice 2. Sources of Law 10 2.1 Meaning and kinds 2.2 Legislation 2.3 Precedents: concept of stare decisis 2.4 Customs 2.5 Juristic writings 3. Concept of Law and Legal System 20
3.1 Introduction to the Legal Process: Nature and Functions of the Legal System 3.2 Major Legal Systems of the world: Civil Law System, Common Law System 3.3 Concept of Law: Schools of Law

3.3.1. Analytical positivism 3.3.2. Natural law 3.3.3. Historical school 3.3.4. Sociological school 3.3.5. Realist School 3.3.6. Economic interpretation of law 4. Technique of Judicial Process 10 5. Indian Legal System 30

5.1. Administration of Justice during the British Period 5.1.1 Early Administration of Justice at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta 5.1.2 The Mayor's Courts (1725) 5.1.3 The Adalat System: Reforms of Warren Hastings 5.1.4 The Supreme Courts at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay 5.1.5 The Regulating Act, 1773 5.1.5.1 Working of the Court Raja Nand Kumar, Patna , Cossijurah & Other Cases. 5.1.5.2 The Act of Settlement, 1781 5.1.6. Reforms of Cornwallis

5.2. High Courts

5.2.1. Establishment of High Courts 5.2.2 History of writ Jurisdiction

5.3. Growth of the Indian Legal Profession 5.3.1 Nyaya Panchayats, Lok Adalats and Legal Aid
5.3.2 The Constitution of India, 1950 ( relevant provisions )

5.3.3 The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987

5.4 History of the Indian Legal Profession

5.4.1 The Advocates Act, 1961

Prescribed Legislations: 1. The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 2. The Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 (No. 4 of 2009) 3. The Advocates Act, 1961 Prescribed Books for Jurisprudence I & II 1. R.W.M. Dias, Jurisprudence (5th Ed., 1985) 2. P.J. Fitzgerald, Salmond on Jurisprudence (12th Ed., 1999), Tripathi, Bombay 3. H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law (3rd ed., 1970), Oxford, ELBS 4. M.D.A. Freeman, Lloyds Introduction to Jurisprudence (7th Ed. 2001), Sweet & Maxwell 5. M.P. Jain, Outlines of Indian Legal & Constitutional History (6th Ed., 2006) 6. A. Lakshminath, Judicial Process : Precedent in Indian Law (3rd Ed., 2009) 7. V.D. Mahajan, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (1996 re-print) , Eastern, Lucknow 8. Dhyani S.N., Jurisprudence: A study of Indian Legal Theory (1985), Metropolitan, New Delhi. Recommended Books for Jurisprudence-I & II 1. Lon. L. Fuller, Anatomy of the Law (1976) 2. David P. Dertam (ed.) A textbook of Jurisprudence by G.W. Paton (4th Ed. 1972) 3. Hans Kelsen, Pure Theory of Law (Translated by Max Knight from 2nd German Ed. (1970). 4. Bodenheimer, Jurisprudence - The Philosophy and Method of Law (1996), Universal , Delhi. 5. Paton G.W., Jurisprudence (1972) Oxford, ELBS 6. Roscoe Pond, Introduction to the Philosophy of Law (1998 Re-print) Universal, Delhi. 7. Benjamin N. Cardozo,The Nature of The Judicial Process, 8. W. Friedmann, Legal Theory (1999) Universal, Delhi. 9. W. Friedman, Law in a Changing Society (2nd Ed., 1972) 10. Glanville Williams, Learning the Law (13th Ed., 2006