END TERM EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2016
B.A.LL.B. (HONS.)
SEMESTER-V Jurisprudence-I
Max. Marks: 60 Time Allowed: 3:00 Hrs.
Note: Answer five questions including Question No. 1 which is compulsory. The number of marks
carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.
1. Answer the following (each answer should be in approximately 100 words): (Marks 2×10=20)
a. Explain the terms 'expositorial jurisprudence' and 'censorial jurisprudence'.
b. Explain the view of Professor Julius Stone that jurisprudence is lawyers' extraversion.
c. Professor H.L.A. Hart emphasizes separation between and 'Ought'. In this context what do
you mean by these two expressions?
d. Contribution of Alf Ross in Realist Movement
e. Why does Professor Kelsen's theory known as 'Pure Theory of
f. In what sense Professor Henry Maine has used the expressions 'Status' and 'Contract'?
g. What is the meaning of 'jural postulates' in Professor Roscoe Pound's theory?
h. Why does Justice Holmes say that law is nothing but prediction?
i. Why is Professor Dworkin recognized as one of the main contemporary spokesperson of the
natural law theory?
j. Why does the A.D.M. Jabalpur v. Shivakant Shukla case represent the analytical positivists'
approach of the Supreme Court of India?
2. In the context of Natural Law School answer the following questions: (Marks
a. With reference to the Hart -Fuller Debate, write five arguments in support of Professor
Fuller's approach.
b. Write one of the most important contributions of the following thinkers:
i. Hugo Grotius
ii. Thomas Hobbes
iii. John Locke
iv. J.J. Rousseau
v. John Finnis
3. In the context of Analytical Positivism answer the following questions: (Marks
a. What are five main salient features of the Imperative theory?
b. Explain the meaning and importance of the concept of 'utility'.
4. In the context of Historical School answer the following questions: (Marks
a. Why did Savigny oppose the demand of codification of laws in Germany on the line of the
Napoleon Code?
b. Write five criticisms of the Volksgeist theory.
5. In the context of Sociological School critically explain the expressions: (Marks
a. Interest
b. Social Engineering
6. In the context of Realist School explain the following statements: (Marks
a. Certainty is basic myth.
b. There has to be difference between and 'ought'.
7. Write short notes on the following: (Marks
a. Capability approach of Professor Amartya Sen and its application in contemporary India.
b. Professor John Rawls and his theory of 'Justice as Fairness' in the era of Donald Trump in
USA.