Will you please provide the Karnataka State Law University Syllabus ?

Karnataka State Law University was established in the year 2009. It is affiliated to UGC .It is located in Navanagar, Hubli, Karnataka, India.

Karnataka State Law University Syllabus
I Semester:
Course I Contract-I
Course-II Constitution
Course-III Law of Torts
Course-IV Family Law-I: Hindu Law
Course-V Criminal Law-I: Indian Penal Code

II Semester:
Course-I Contract-II
Course-II Company Law
Course-III Property Law
Course-IV Administrative Law
Course-V Family Law –II: Mohammedan Law & Indian Succession Act

III Semester:
Course-I Environmental Law
Course-II Labour Law
Course-III Criminal Law-II: Criminal Procedure Code, JJ Act & Probation of Offenders Act
Course-IV Jurisprudence
Course-V Clinical Course-I: Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System

IV Semester:
Course-I Public International Law
Course-II Optional-I: Human Rights Law and Practice / Insurance Law
Course-III Optional-II: Banking Law / Right to Information
Course-IV Clinical Course-II: Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems

V Semester:
Course-I Civil Procedure Code and Limitation Act
Course-II Optional-III: Intellectual Property Rights-I / Penology & Victimology
Course-III Optional-IV: Interpretation of Statutes & Principles of Legislation / Competition Law
Course-IV Clinical Course-III: Drafting, Pleading and Conveyance

VI Semester:
Course-I Law of Evidence
Course-II Taxation
Course-III Optional – V: Intellectual Property Rights-II / White Collar Crimes
Course-IV Optional – VI: Women and Criminal Law & Law relating to child / International Trade Economics
Course-V Clinical
Course-IV: Moot Court exercise and Internship

SYLLABUS PRESCRIBED FOR 3 YEAR LL. B. DEGREE

COURSE I SEMESTER:

COURSE I:

CONTRACT-I:

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACTS Objectives:
Contracts are at the basis of majority of transactions especially transactions dealing with the property. Whether the transaction is in the ordinary course of life or in the electronic world (e-commerce) the general principles governing contracts remain same. For this reason it is very important to introduce the students to the basic principles governing contracts and lay a powerful foundation for their study of other transactional and related laws in higher semesters.

Course contents:

UNIT – I
History – Formation of Contract – Agreement and Contract – Definitions – Classification - Offer and Acceptance – Communication – Revocation – Essential elements – Invitation to Offer – Tenders. Consideration – Nudum Pactum - Essential elements – Privity of Contract and of Consideration – Exceptions – Unlawful Consideration and its effect. Contractual Ability – Electronic Documents as Web Pages – Digital Certificates as Entry Passes – Time and Place of Contract – Secured Custody of Electronic Records.

UNIT – II
Capacity to Contract – Minor’s Agreements and its effects – Persons of unsound mind – Persons disqualified by Law. Free Consent – Coercion - Undue influence – Misrepresentation – Fraud – Mistake – Legality of Object – Void Agreements – Agreements against Public Policy – Wagering Agreements – Its exceptions – Contingent Contracts.

UNIT – III
Discharge of Contracts and its various Modes – by performance – Time and place of performance – Performance of reciprocal promises - Appropriation of Payments – Discharge by Agreement – By operation of Law – By frustration (Impossibility of Performance) – By Breach (Anticipatory and Actual).

UNIT – IV
Remedies for Breach of Contracts – Damages – Remoteness of damages – Ascertainment of damages -Injunction – When granted and when refused– Restitution – Specific performance when granted – Quasi Contracts.

UNIT – V
The Specific Relief Act Nature of Specific Relief – Recovery of Possession of movable and immovable Property – Specific performance when granted and not granted – Who may obtain and against whom – Discretionary remedy – Power of Court to grant relief – Rectification of instruments – Cancellation – Declaratory decrees – Preventive relief – Temporary injunctions – Perpetual and Mandatory Injunctions. Government as a contracting party: Constitutional provisions – Government powers to contract – Procedural requirements – Kinds of Government Contracts, their usual clauses, performance of such contract, settlement of disputes and remedies.

Prescribed Books:
1. Avtar Singh- Law of Contracts
2. Avtar Singh- Specific Relief Act

Reference Books:
1. Pollock & Mulla- Indian Contract Act
2. P. S. Atiya- Introduction to the Law of Contract
3. G. C. Cheshire- Law of Contract
4. William Anson- Law of Contract
5. Henry Maine- Ancient Law

COURSE-II: CONSTITUTION Objectives:
The purpose of the course is to acquaint the students with the Basic Postulates of the Constitution like the Constitutional Supremacy, Rule of law, and Concept of Liberty. Give them a picture of Constitutional Parameters regarding the organization, Powers and Functions of the various Organs of the Government. The emphasis is also on the study of the nature of federal structure and it’s functioning. A critical analysis of the significant judicial decisions is offered to highlight judicial restraint, judicial passivity, judicial activism and judicial balancing. Finally, the students should be able to articulate their independent views over contemporary crucial constitutional issues.

Course contents:

UNIT-I Salient Features of the Indian Constitution, Preamble, Citizenship, Fundamental Rights.

UNIT-II
Directive Principles of State Policy, Fundamental Duties, Parliamentary Government, Bicameralism, Legislative Process, Privileges, Council of Ministers, President of India, Governor.

UNIT-III
Judicial process under the Constitution, Nature of Judicial Review, Judicial Review-Arts.32, 226 and 227, Court system in India, Judges- Appointments, conditions of service, etc., Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, Public Interest Litigation, Activism v. Restraint.

UNIT-IV
Federalism, Center-State Relations, Freedom of Inter State Trade, Methods of Constitutional Amendment, Limitation on Constitutional Amendment.

UNIT-V
Emergency provisions, Services under the State, State Liability.

Prescribed Books: Jain M.P. - Indian Constitutional Law.

Reference Books: Seervai H.M. - Constitutional Law of India (3 Volumes). Shukla V.N. - Constitution of India. Basu D.D. - Shorter Constitution of India Basu D.D. - Shorter Constitution of India. Austin Granville- The Indian Constitution: Corner Stone of a Nation

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