State the Different Kinds of Ownership.

State the different kinds of ownership.  Ans. Ownership may be classified under the following heads :

What do you mean by “liability” ?

What do you mean by "liability" ? Distinguish between Civil and Criminal Liability and Penal and Remedial Liability.

False imprisonment and Malicious prosecution

The difference between false imprisonment and malicious prosecution may be shown in the tabular form as follows:     False imprisonment. Malicious prosecution. 1. In the case of false imprisonment...

Justification and Fair Comment

Defamation is categorised as felonious tort meaning thereby it is civil wrong as well as crime . One can take both the...

What do you understand by a fiction of law

What do you understand by a fiction of law?  Ans. Fiction of law—Sir Henry Maine, the great exponent of...

Write short notes on the theories of liability.

Write short notes on the theories of liability. Ans. There are two theories of liabilities: —

Malice-in-fact and Malice –in-law

Distinction in the between Malice-in-fact and Malice –in-law may be shown in the following tabular form:     Malice-in-fact Malice-in-law 1. When an act...

Distinguish between Libel and Slander

A libel is the publication of a false and defamatory statement , in permanent form , tending to injure the reputation of...

Discuss the relation between Law and Morals. Is there law in...

Discuss the relation between Law and Morals. Is there law in morals and morals in law ? Ans. Relation...

What do you understand by ‘Civil’ and ‘Criminal’ justice? Why there...

What do you understand by 'Civil' and 'Criminal' justice? Why there is a need for administration of such justice? Discuss.

Public nuisance and Private nuisance

Blackstone defined a nuisance as something that “ worketh hurt , inconvenience or damages .” The term nuisance has been derived from...

Assault and battery

Winfield has given an interesting example , distinguishing assault and battery , which is popularly accepted by all . According to Winfield...

“Neither animus nor corpus is sufficient by itself. Possession begins with...

"Neither animus nor corpus is sufficient by itself. Possession begins with their union and lasts only until one or both of them...

“Do the judges make law or only declare the existing law”...

"Do the judges make law or only declare the existing law" ? Refer to different theories in this regard. ,

Write short notes on Jurisprudence and Ethics, Psychology, Sociology

Q20. Write short notes of the following : (a) Jurisprudence and Ethics. (b) Jurisprudence and Psychology

Nuisance and Trespass

Trespass and Nuisance are two different matters being mutually exclusive from one another . But there is similarity only...

Servant and an Independent contractor

The essential distinction between a servant and an independent contractor may be shown by the following tabular form .

Whether Grant Of Two Years Time To Tenant To Vacate Justified?

RAMESH CHANDRA BHANDARI (THE APPELLANT) IS THE owner/landlord of the suit premises, which is situated at Almora (Uttaranchal). The appellant was an...

Write short notes on the following, Possession in Fact

Write short notes on the following : (a) Possession in Fact (b) Possession in Law