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Booklet sl. no.
consortium of national law universities
common law admission test-2022
ll.m. Programme
Admit CArd Number
(in Figures)
instructions to candidates
(this booklet contains 36 pages of Question Paper including 3 blank pages for rough work.)
duration of test : 2 Hours (120 minutes) maximum marks : 120
1. Separate carbonised Optical mark reader 10. use Black/Blue Ball Point Pen only for
(Omr) response Sheet is supplied along with writing the roll No. and other details on Omr
this Question booklet and the carbon copy has response Sheet.
to be detached and taken by the candidates.
11. use Black/Blue Ball Point Pen for
2. in case of any discrepancy in the question shading the circles. indicate only the most
booklet (Qb), please request the invigilator appropriate answer by shading from the
for replacement of a fresh packet of Qb with options provided. the answer circle should be
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Omr. do not use the previous Omr response shaded completely without leaving any space.
Sheet for a fresh booklet so obtained.
12. As the responses cannot be modi ed/corrected
3. Candidates will not be given a second blank on the Omr response Sheet, candidates have
Omr response Sheet under any circumstance. to take necessary precautions before marking
Hence, Omr response Sheet shall be handled the appropriate circle.
carefully.
13. the candidate should retain the Admit Card
4. Answer all questions. No clari cation can be
duly Signed by the invigilator, as the same has
sought on the Question Paper.
to be produced at the time of Admission.
5. Possession of electronic devices in any form
14. Handle the Omr response Sheet with care. do
is Strictly prohibited in the examination Hall.
not fold.
6. the use of any unfair means by any candidate
shall result in the cancellation of his/her 15. ensure that invigilator puts his/her signature
examination. in the space provided on the Omr response
Sheet. Candidate should sign in the space
7. impersonation is an offense and the candidate,
provided on the Omr response Sheet.
apart from disquali cation, will be liable to be
prosecuted. 16. the candidate should write Question Paper
booklet No., and Omr response Sheet No.,
8. the test Paper for Post Graduate (LL.m.)
and sign in the space/column provided in the
Programme is for 120 marks containing
attendance sheet.
120 multiple Choice Questions.
17. return the OriGiNAL Page of Omr response
9. there will be Negative marking for multiple
choice objective type questions. 0.25 marks Sheet to the invigilator after the examination.
will be deducted for every wrong answer or 18. the candidate shall not write anything on the
where candidates have marked more than one Omr response Sheet other than the details
response. required and in the spaces provided for.
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i. both lawmen and laymen often ask, ‘What is the law applicable to a given set of facts?’ the
answers to this question differ depending upon the speci c jurisdiction to which the given set
of facts is linked. Contrary to this, scholars and students of jurisprudence are likely to ask
the general question, viz ‘What is Law?’. this question on the philosophy and nature of law
supposes that law is a distinctive social-political phenomenon with universal characteristics
that can be perceived through philosophical analysis. in such a study, the assumption is that
law possesses some universal characteristics.
An analysis of the philosophy of law can be done for different reasons. Apart from a purely
intellectual interest in understanding this complex phenomenon known as law, scholars
also study the same as a normative social practice that purports to guide human behaviour,
giving rise to reasons for action. the primary challenge of the branch of scholarship known
as jurisprudence is based on this ‘normative, reason-giving aspect of law’. At the same time,
we must understand that law is not the only normative realm in any given society. it is one
of the many normative standards such as morality, religion, customs and usages, etiquette,
self-regulatory standards within a family or corporation etc. So, it is also essential that we
study law on the differences and similarities of the same with these normative standards.
While discerning these connections and contradictions, legal theories often study the content
of the norm apart from giving importance to the source. Generally, theoretical studies on the
content such as natural lawyers emphasize values such as fairness, justice, liberty etc., as
quali cations for the norms to be called laws. The have argued that laws must be in tune
with certain principles of inner morality, such as that laws be general, public, prospective,
coherent, clear, stable, and practicable are indispensable to law-making. Whereas theories
that give prominence to the sources of the norm, such as enactment/command by political
institution/authority, do not always emphasize on the content.
Such philosophical anal sis of law comprises both e planator and justi cator aspects.
While the explanatory aspect consists of explaining how laws can give rise to reasons and
what kinds of reasons are involved. One e ample of this would be Dworkin s classi cation
of law as concepts, principles and rules. The aspect of justi cation concerns whether people
ought to comply with the law’s demands. in other words, it is the attempt to explain the moral
legitimacy of law and the subjects’ reasons for complying with it.
1. Validity of law resides in the political sovereignty of the maker of that law refers to:
(A) Legal Positivism (b) Natural Law
(C) Historical School (d) Sociological School
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, PG
2. A norm cannot become legally valid unless its content is fair and just in accordance
to:
(A) Legal Positivism (b) Natural Law
(C) Historical School (d) Sociological School
3. “The falsehood of legal positivism resides in envisaging that the law consists of only
rules. However, this is a serious mistake since legal principles partly determine the law
in addition to rules. The distinction between rules and principles is a logical one. Rules
apply in an ‘all or nothing fashion.’ If the rule applies to the circumstances, it determines
a particular legal outcome. If it does not apply, it is simply irrelevant to the outcome…..”
according to:
(A) ronald dworkin, taking rights Seriously,1977
(b) John Finnis, Natural Law and Natural rights, 1980.
(C) H.L.A.Hart, the Concept of Law, 1961.
(d) raz, Joseph, Legal Principles and the Limits of Law, 1972.
4. Principles requiring that laws be general, public, prospective, coherent, clear, stable,
and practicable are indispensable to law-making correspond to:
(A) inner morality (b) method of logic
(C) Legitimacy and transparency in law making (d) democratic law making
5. ‘i mean simply that history, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in
illuminating the present, illuminates the future’ opined by:
(A) roscoe Pound (b) benjamin Cardozo
(C) duguit (d) Auguste Comte
6. ‘the life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience’ is stated by:
(A) Holmes (b) dworkin
(C) Cardozo (d) Amartya Sen
ii. A thought-provoking book titled ‘the morality of Law’ by Lon L. Fuller on moral philosophy
insists on a distinction between ‘morality of aspiration’ and ‘morality of duty’. From the view
of the morality of aspiration, the human conduct does not bear on mandatory rules but on
conceptions of the ‘Good Life’, of ‘what beseems a human being functioning at his best to
human capacities’. because no law can compel a man to live up to the excellence of which
he is capable. but for workable standards of judgment, the morality of duty lays down the
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PG 2022
Booklet sl. no.
consortium of national law universities
common law admission test-2022
ll.m. Programme
Admit CArd Number
(in Figures)
instructions to candidates
(this booklet contains 36 pages of Question Paper including 3 blank pages for rough work.)
duration of test : 2 Hours (120 minutes) maximum marks : 120
1. Separate carbonised Optical mark reader 10. use Black/Blue Ball Point Pen only for
(Omr) response Sheet is supplied along with writing the roll No. and other details on Omr
this Question booklet and the carbon copy has response Sheet.
to be detached and taken by the candidates.
11. use Black/Blue Ball Point Pen for
2. in case of any discrepancy in the question shading the circles. indicate only the most
booklet (Qb), please request the invigilator appropriate answer by shading from the
for replacement of a fresh packet of Qb with options provided. the answer circle should be
m
Omr. do not use the previous Omr response shaded completely without leaving any space.
Sheet for a fresh booklet so obtained.
12. As the responses cannot be modi ed/corrected
3. Candidates will not be given a second blank on the Omr response Sheet, candidates have
Omr response Sheet under any circumstance. to take necessary precautions before marking
Hence, Omr response Sheet shall be handled the appropriate circle.
carefully.
13. the candidate should retain the Admit Card
4. Answer all questions. No clari cation can be
duly Signed by the invigilator, as the same has
sought on the Question Paper.
to be produced at the time of Admission.
5. Possession of electronic devices in any form
14. Handle the Omr response Sheet with care. do
is Strictly prohibited in the examination Hall.
not fold.
6. the use of any unfair means by any candidate
shall result in the cancellation of his/her 15. ensure that invigilator puts his/her signature
examination. in the space provided on the Omr response
Sheet. Candidate should sign in the space
7. impersonation is an offense and the candidate,
provided on the Omr response Sheet.
apart from disquali cation, will be liable to be
prosecuted. 16. the candidate should write Question Paper
booklet No., and Omr response Sheet No.,
8. the test Paper for Post Graduate (LL.m.)
and sign in the space/column provided in the
Programme is for 120 marks containing
attendance sheet.
120 multiple Choice Questions.
17. return the OriGiNAL Page of Omr response
9. there will be Negative marking for multiple
choice objective type questions. 0.25 marks Sheet to the invigilator after the examination.
will be deducted for every wrong answer or 18. the candidate shall not write anything on the
where candidates have marked more than one Omr response Sheet other than the details
response. required and in the spaces provided for.
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
m 1
,m
do
n’t
wr
ite
an
yth
ing
2
on
thi
sp
ag
e
PG
, PG
i. both lawmen and laymen often ask, ‘What is the law applicable to a given set of facts?’ the
answers to this question differ depending upon the speci c jurisdiction to which the given set
of facts is linked. Contrary to this, scholars and students of jurisprudence are likely to ask
the general question, viz ‘What is Law?’. this question on the philosophy and nature of law
supposes that law is a distinctive social-political phenomenon with universal characteristics
that can be perceived through philosophical analysis. in such a study, the assumption is that
law possesses some universal characteristics.
An analysis of the philosophy of law can be done for different reasons. Apart from a purely
intellectual interest in understanding this complex phenomenon known as law, scholars
also study the same as a normative social practice that purports to guide human behaviour,
giving rise to reasons for action. the primary challenge of the branch of scholarship known
as jurisprudence is based on this ‘normative, reason-giving aspect of law’. At the same time,
we must understand that law is not the only normative realm in any given society. it is one
of the many normative standards such as morality, religion, customs and usages, etiquette,
self-regulatory standards within a family or corporation etc. So, it is also essential that we
study law on the differences and similarities of the same with these normative standards.
While discerning these connections and contradictions, legal theories often study the content
of the norm apart from giving importance to the source. Generally, theoretical studies on the
content such as natural lawyers emphasize values such as fairness, justice, liberty etc., as
quali cations for the norms to be called laws. The have argued that laws must be in tune
with certain principles of inner morality, such as that laws be general, public, prospective,
coherent, clear, stable, and practicable are indispensable to law-making. Whereas theories
that give prominence to the sources of the norm, such as enactment/command by political
institution/authority, do not always emphasize on the content.
Such philosophical anal sis of law comprises both e planator and justi cator aspects.
While the explanatory aspect consists of explaining how laws can give rise to reasons and
what kinds of reasons are involved. One e ample of this would be Dworkin s classi cation
of law as concepts, principles and rules. The aspect of justi cation concerns whether people
ought to comply with the law’s demands. in other words, it is the attempt to explain the moral
legitimacy of law and the subjects’ reasons for complying with it.
1. Validity of law resides in the political sovereignty of the maker of that law refers to:
(A) Legal Positivism (b) Natural Law
(C) Historical School (d) Sociological School
3 m
, PG
2. A norm cannot become legally valid unless its content is fair and just in accordance
to:
(A) Legal Positivism (b) Natural Law
(C) Historical School (d) Sociological School
3. “The falsehood of legal positivism resides in envisaging that the law consists of only
rules. However, this is a serious mistake since legal principles partly determine the law
in addition to rules. The distinction between rules and principles is a logical one. Rules
apply in an ‘all or nothing fashion.’ If the rule applies to the circumstances, it determines
a particular legal outcome. If it does not apply, it is simply irrelevant to the outcome…..”
according to:
(A) ronald dworkin, taking rights Seriously,1977
(b) John Finnis, Natural Law and Natural rights, 1980.
(C) H.L.A.Hart, the Concept of Law, 1961.
(d) raz, Joseph, Legal Principles and the Limits of Law, 1972.
4. Principles requiring that laws be general, public, prospective, coherent, clear, stable,
and practicable are indispensable to law-making correspond to:
(A) inner morality (b) method of logic
(C) Legitimacy and transparency in law making (d) democratic law making
5. ‘i mean simply that history, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in
illuminating the present, illuminates the future’ opined by:
(A) roscoe Pound (b) benjamin Cardozo
(C) duguit (d) Auguste Comte
6. ‘the life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience’ is stated by:
(A) Holmes (b) dworkin
(C) Cardozo (d) Amartya Sen
ii. A thought-provoking book titled ‘the morality of Law’ by Lon L. Fuller on moral philosophy
insists on a distinction between ‘morality of aspiration’ and ‘morality of duty’. From the view
of the morality of aspiration, the human conduct does not bear on mandatory rules but on
conceptions of the ‘Good Life’, of ‘what beseems a human being functioning at his best to
human capacities’. because no law can compel a man to live up to the excellence of which
he is capable. but for workable standards of judgment, the morality of duty lays down the
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