2nd Semester Calcutta university BA LLB Syllabus 2023

Calcutta university 5 Years B.A. LL.B Second Semester Syllabus 

By- Law Junction 

Paper  I - English  II

Paper II - Political Science II

Paper III - Sociology II

Paper IV - Special Contract 

Paper V - Family Law II

Paper - I 

English - II 

1. Grammar 

A . Kinds of Sentence :

        i ) Assertive , Interrogative , imperative and Exclamatory .

        ii ) Clauses and Phrases ,

        iii ) The use of the Tenses

        iv ) Articles , Infinitive , the participle and the Gerund .

        v ) Appropriate Prepositions .

B. Basic Transformation of Sentence :

        i ) The Degrees of comparison 

        ii ) Active and Passive Voice .

        iii )Conversion of Simple , Compound and Complex Sentences .

        iv ) narration , Interchange of Direct and Indirect Speech .

C. One word substitution .

D. Agreement of Verb with Subject .

E. Some common Errors including idiomatic errors .

2. Letter Writing :

        i ) Official Letters ,

        ii ) Letters to Newspaper .

        iii ) Business Letters .

3. Precis .

4. Legal Word ( Latin ) and Legal Words ( English ) :

        i ) Legal Words ( Latin ) : -  

                                                   Functus Officio , In Loco Parcntis , In Rem , In personam , In lieu of , De Jure , Affidavit , Donatio Mortis Causa , Ex Parte , In Re , Res Judicata , Inter alia , Seriatim , Mandamus , Certiorari , Habeas Corpus , Quowarranto , Estoppel .

        ii ) Legal Word ( English ) : -

                                                    Plaint , Written Statement , Petition , Civil Matter , Criminal Matter , Jurisdiction , Revenue Matter , Summons , Warrant , Bail , Examination-in-chief , Cross Examination , Re-Examination ,Alimony , Receiver , Injunction , Garnishee , Mandatory , Peremptory , Legal Right , Fundamental Right , Human Right , Legal Person , Precedent , Legislation , Equity , Custom , International Declaration and Convention , Jurisprudence , Arbitration , Alternation Dispute , Resolution .

Paper - II 

Political Science - II 

Organisation and Organ of Government

1.  Organisation of Government :

    (A) Unitary and Federal Form of Government :

            i ) Unitary form of Government : 

                a ) Meaning , Nature , Merits and Demerits .

            ii ) Federal form of Government :

                a ) Meaning , Characteristic , Merits and Demerits , Centralising Tendencies in Federations , Difference between Unitary and Federal Forms of Government . 

    (B) Parliamentary and Presidential form of Government :

               i ) Parliamentary form of Government : - Meaning , Characteristics , Merits and Demerits .

               ii ) Presidential for of Government  : - Meaning , Characteristic , Merits and Demerits 

               iii ) Comparison between the two forms .

    (C) Democracy and Dictatorship : 

              i ) Democracy : -  Meaning , Definition , Merits and Demerits . Condition for Success .

              ii ) Dictatorship :- Meaning and Definition , Merits and Demerits .

              iii ) Difference between Democracy and Dictatorship .

 2. Organs of Government : 

            i ) Legislature : - Meaning ,Function , Structure , Decline of Legislature in present Day .  

            ii ) Executive : - Meaning , Kinds , Functions , Increase of Executive Power .

            iii ) Judiciary : - Meaning , Function , Independence .

3. The Theory of Separation of Power .

4. Political Parties  and Pressure Groups :

        i ) Political Parties : Meaning , Nature , Function , Importance of Political Parties in a democratic State , Types of Parties System .

        ii ) Pressure Groups : Meaning , Function , Importance of pressure Group in a Modern Democratic State . 

        iii ) Distinction between Political Parties and Pressure Group .

5. Public Opinion : 

        Meaning and Nature , Agencies for the Formation of Public Opinion , Role of Public Opinion in a Democratic State .

6. Electorate and Representation : 

    i ) Universal Adult Franchise 

    ii ) Woman Suffrage .

    iii ) Representation 

        a )  Territorial Representation .

        b ) Proportional Representation .

Paper - III 

Sociology - II

Nature and Development of Sociology 

1. Society in Pre - British India :

     Land Ownership Pattern ,

    Self Sufficient Village Economic and the Jajmani System .

2. Impact of British Rule on Indian Society :

    Breakdown of Traditional Village Self - Sufficiency ;

    Commercialisation of Agriculture ;

    Growth of Rural Poverty and Indebtedness 

    Rise of New Social Classes .

3. Development of Indian Society :

    Unity and Diversity :

    Continuity and Change .

4 .The Indian Family :

    Traditional Joint Family : -  Definition , Characteristic , Breakdown  of Joint Family System , Impact of Post Independence Social Legislature relating to Family and Marriage in India .

5. The Caste System : -

    Definition , Characteristic , Caste and Varna , Mobility in the Caste System , Changing aspects of Caster System , Caste and Class , Caste and Politics .

6. Difference Depressed Communities in India : - 

        i ) The Scheduled Caste ( SC ) : Definition , Condition and Problems.

       ii ) The Scheduled Tribes ( ST ) : Definition , Condition and Problems ,

       iii )  Ameliorative Measures for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes .

7. Changing Status of Women :

    i )  Indian Women in Pre-British Society 

   ii ) Indian Women During the British Rile and ,

   iii ) Indian Women in the Post- Independence Period . 

8. Social and Cultural Change in Indian :

    Sanskritisation , Westernisation , Modernisation , Industrialisation and Urbanisation .

Paper - IV 

Special Contract 

1. The Indian Contract Act : Relevant Sections Relating to Guarantee , Indemnity , Bailment and Agency .

2. The Indian Partnership Act , 1932 .

3. The Sale of Goods Act , 1930. 

Paper - V

Family Law - II   

1. Muslim Law :

    Source , Schools , Marriage , Dower , Dissolution of Marriage , Wakf , Gift , Will , and Inheritance .

2. The Indian Succession Act :

    Probate , Succession Certificate and Letter of Administration .

3. The Indian Divorce Act .

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