Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Jurisprudence · December 2015
December 2015 · Jurisprudence · Semester 3
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) II Year III Semester Examination, December 2015
Subject: LAW
PAPER - I: JURISPRUDENCE
Code: 3091 | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any five of the following.
1. Historical School of Jurisprudence.
2. Concept of law as a command of the sovereign.
3. Authoritative precedents and persuasive precedents.
4. Concept of strict liability.
5. Custom as a source of law.
6. Kinds of Juristic persons.
7. Natural law.
8. Relation between possession and ownership.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
9. Define 'mens rea' and discuss the view of Salmond.
10. Define 'negligence' and discuss various theories of negligence.
11. Define property and discuss the main theories of legal right.
12. Define right and discuss the main theories of legal right.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
13. A gives to B a coin which he knows, but B does not know, to be counterfeit. B passes it to C.
When C counts his cash, he discovers the coin to be counterfeit. Can B claim immunity? Discuss.
14. A fires upon B with an intention to kill him, due to the reason that B was a contestant against A
in an election and was likely to win it. Discuss.
15. A was permitted to put her goods in a room of B's house. A sent the goods through a man who
kept those goods in the allotted room of B's house, and locked it and took away the key with him. In
whose possession will the goods be considered to be held? Discuss.
16. A digs a pit in the way through which B passes and conceals it with grass etc., with the intention
of killing B. C passes through that way, falls in the pit and is killed. While discussing the concept of
intention, decide whether A will be liable for the murder of C.
Part B items 11 and 12 are transcribed as printed; the source photo's phrasing for these two items appeared very
similar.