CBSE Class 12 Legal Studies Syllabus 2022-23 (PDF Download)

Legal Studies Exam Structure

Time: 3 hrs.
Marks: 80

S.no.

 

Periods

Marks

1

Judiciary

30

10

2

Topics of Law

40

20

3

Arbitration, Tribunal Adjudication and Alternative Dispute Resolution

30

10

4

Human Rights in India

30

10

5

Legal Profession in India

30

10

6

Legal Services

30

10

7

International Context

30

10

8

Project (Based on Syllabus)

20

20

 

Total

220

100

Theory- 80 marks (One Paper)

Internal Assessment – Project Based Assessment- 20 marks

 

Course Contents

S No

Unit

Topics

1

Judiciary

i.      Structure and Hierarchy of Courts and Legal Offices in India

ii.      Constitution, Roles and Impartiality

iii.      Appointments, Trainings, Retirement and Removal of Judges

iv.      Courts and Judicial Review

2

Topics of Law

i.      Law of Property

ii.      Law of Contracts

iii.      Law of Torts

iv.      Introduction to Criminal Laws in India

3

Arbitration, Tribunal

i.        Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems

ii.        Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution

iii.        Types of ADR- Arbitration, Administrative Tribunals

iv.        Mediation and Conciliation

v.        Lok Adalats

vi.        Ombudsman

vii.        Lokpal and Lokayukta

 

Adjudication

 

and

 

Alternative

 

Dispute

 

Resolution

4

Human Rights in India

i.         Constitutional framework and Related laws in India- Human Rights in India; Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties,

Directive Principles of State Policy

ii.         Complaint mechanism of quasi judicial bodies- NHRC, NCM, NCW, NCSC and NCST

5

Legal Profession in India

i.         The Advocates Act, 1961

ii.         The Bar Council of India

iii.         Lawyers and Professional Ethics Professional duties of an advocate; Advertising by Lawyers

iv.          Opportunities for Law graduates

v.         Legal Education in India

vi.          Liberalization of the Legal Profession

vii.          Women and Legal Profession in India.

 

6

Legal Services

i.          Free Legal Aid under Criminal law, Legal Aid by the State, Legal Aid under the Indian Constitution

ii.          NALSA Regulations, 2010

iii.          Criteria for giving free Legal Services

iv.           Lok Adalats

v.           Legal Aid in Context of Social Justice and Human Rights

7

International Context

i.        Introduction to International Law

ii.        Sources of International Law – Treaties,

Customs and ICJ Decisions

iii.        International Institutions

iv.        International Human Rights

v.        Customary International Law

vi.        International law & Municipal Law

vii.        International Law & India

viii.        Dispute Resolution – ICJ, ICC and Other Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

8

Project ( Based on Syllabus) Refer below

 

PROJECT GUIDELINES

INTRODUCTION-

The student is required to do a project on ‘Understanding Case Laws’

OBJECTIVES-

The project work aims to enable students to:

  • identify a legal problem and provide its remedy
  • select relevant legal sources and conduct research
  • analyse and distinguish between types of cases
  • apply case laws and relevant statutory laws

METHODOLOGY-

  1. The student is required to select any 3 decided cases related to the curriculum where one must be civil in nature, one criminal and one constitutional in
  2. The research on the cases must include the following points:
    1. Name of the case
    2. Parties to the case
    3. Citation
    4. Bench
    5. Nature of the case (Civil, Criminal or Constitutional)
    6. Facts of the case and issues involved
    7. Arguments of the parties
    8. Decision of the case

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