Syllabus LC 0801 Labour and Industrial Law

 

LC 0801 Labour and Industrial Law :

 

Objectives of the Course : The labour movement has been instrumental in the enacting of laws protecting labour rights in the 19th and 20th centuries. Labour rights have been integral to the social and economic development since the industrial revolution. After the Independence the government of India has enacted numerous legislations for the regulation of labour relations and their welfare. Labour and Industrial law mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees. It defines the rights and obligations of workers, union members and employers in the work place. An understanding of Labour Laws is very essential for law students because of the fact that the scope and ambit of these laws is very wide and is touching the lives of millions of people in the country.

 

Module 01	Constitutional Provisions on Labour Legislations : Labour legislations and relevant Constitutional provisions  - Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Distribution of legislative powers
Module 02	Settlement of Industrial Disputes : The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 : Objectives, Basic Definitions, Industry and Industrial Disputes, Settlement of Industrial Disputes - Authorities and Procedures, Strikes, Lock-outs, Lay off, Retrenchment  and Recovery of Dues
Module 03	Unfair Labour Practices and  Model Standing Orders : 1.     Unfair Labour Practices Under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act 1971 2.     The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946  : a)     Model Standing Orders - Misconducts b)    Disciplinary Proceedings in Industries / Domestic Inquiry - Preliminary Enquiry, Charge-sheet, Procedure of Domestic Inquiry, Enquiry report and Punishment
Module 04	The Factories Act, 1948 : Objectives, Basic Definitions, Health, Safety and Welfare Measures, Working Hours of Adults and Employment of Young Persons and Women, Leaves
Module 05	The Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 : Objects and Reasons, Definitions, Employer's Liability for Compensation, Amount of Compensation, Doctrine of Notional Extension and Doctrine of Added Peril
Module 06	The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 : Objects and Reasons, Registration of establishments, Licensing of Contractors,

Welfare and Health of Contract Labour, Penalties and Procedures 

Module 07

Module 07  Laws Relating to Wages :   1.     The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 - Objects, Definition of Wages, Fixation and Revision of Minimum Wages, Wage Theories 2.     The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 - Objects, Definition of Wages, Payment of wages, Deductions from Wages, Authorities

 

Recommended Readings :

1.     Avtar Singh and Harpreet Kaur, Introduction to Labour and Industrial Law, LexisNexis.

2.     G.M. Kothari, How to Conduct and Defend Disciplinary Inquiry and Cases, Eastern Book Company.

3.     H.L. Kumar, Law Relating to Disciplinary Proceedings in Industries, Universal Publishing Co Pvt. Ltd.

4.     P.L. Malik, Handbook of Labour and Industrial Law, Eastern Book Company.

5.     S.D. Puri and Sandeep Puri, Treatise on the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act,1970, Snow White Publications.

6.     S.K. Puri, Labour and Industrial Law, Allahabad Law Agency.

7.     S.N. Mishra, Labour and Industrial Laws, Central Law Publications.

8.     S.P. Jain, Industrial and Labour Laws, Dhanpat Rrai & amp: Co.

9.     Taxmann's Labour Law.

10.  V.G. Goswami, Labour and Industrial Laws, Central Law Agency.

 

LC 0802 Jurisprudence :

 

Objectives of the Course : The course aims at developing an analytical approach to understand the nature of law and the development of legal system. Jurisprudence seeks to answer fundamental questions about law. The concerns of jurisprudence are an inescapable feature of the law and legal system. Jurisprudence has generous frontiers. It accommodates copious subjects of intellectual enquiry. This course identifies and elucidates several of the major preoccupations of legal theory. This course also create an understanding of basic legal concepts like Rights, Person, Property, Title, Possession, Ownership, Liability, Obligation which are basic to the study of Law.

 

Module 01	Introduction to Jurisprudence : 1.     Jurisprudence  – Meaning, Nature, and Utility 2.     Meaning, Characteristics, Purposes and Classification of Law 3.     Relationship between Law and Morality
Module 02	Sources of Law : 1.     Legislation – Meaning, nature, kinds, merits and demerits, relation with other sources 2.     Precedent - Meaning, nature, theories of Precedent, Doctrine of Stare Decisis, article 141 of the Constitution of India, kinds, ratio decidendi and obiter dicta, doctrine of prospective overruling, significance and

 

	circumstances destroying binding force, relation with other sources 3.     Custom - Meaning, nature, essential conditions, kinds, concept of Volkgeist 4.     Juristic Writings - Meaning, nature and significance
Module 03	Natural Law Theories : 1.     Classical Natural Law theory: Plato and Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Acquinas 2.     Natural law and Social Contract Theory : Hugo Grotius and International Law, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau 3.     Revival of Natural Law : Lon Fuller and the Morality of Law, H.L.A. Hart on Natural Law, John Finnis and the Restatement of Natural Law
Module 04	Legal Positivism :        1.   Bentham and John Austin's theory of positivism 2.   Hart's concept of law 3.   Kelsen's Theory of law
Module 05	Sociological, Realist and Historical Schools  of Law : 1.     Sociological school of law - Roscoe Pound  2.     Realist school of law - a)     American Realism: W Holmes, Karl Llewellyn, Jerome Frank b)    Scandinavian Realism: Axel Hagerstrom, Alf Ross, Karl Olivercrona 3.     Historical school of jurisprudence - Savigny and Maine. - Comparison of Historical and Analytical School of Law
Module 06	Critical Legal Studies : 1.     Critical Feminist Jurisprudence - a)     Feminist Legal Theory b)    Origins of Feminism c)     Legal Feminisms -  Liberal Feminism, Radical Feminism, Postmodern Feminism 2.     Critical Race Theory - a)     Critical Race Theory’s critique of Liberalism b)    Critical Race Theory’s racial critique of Civil Rights Scholarship c)     Critical Race Theory as Reconstruction Jurisprudence
Module 07	Rights and Duties : 1.     Meaning of Wrong, Duty and Right 2.     Characteristics of Legal Rights 3.     Kinds of Legal Rights 4.     Theories of Legal Rights 5.     Hohfeldian Classification of Legal Rights
Module 08	Concept of Property and Obligations : 1.     Meaning of Property 2.     Kinds of Properties 3.     Theories of Property 4.     Modes of acquisition Property 5.     Definition of Obligation
	6.     Solitary Obligations 7.     Sources of Obligations
Module 09	Concepts of  Ownership and Possession : 1.     Meaning of Ownership 2.     Characteristic of Ownership 3.     Subject-matter of Ownership 4.     Kinds of Ownership 5.     Modes of acquiring Ownership 6.     Meaning of Possession  7.     Kinds of Possession 8.     Modes of acquiring Possession  9.     Possessory Remedies 10.  Comparison between Ownership and Possession
Module 10	Concept of Person : 1.     Nature of Personality - Natural and Legal 2.     Legal Status of Lower Animals, Dead persons, Unborn Persons 3.     Kinds of Legal Persons 4.     Uses and Purposes of Incorporation 5.     Theories of Legal Personality
Module 11	Concept of Title : 1.     Definition and Nature of Title 2.     Classification of Titles 3.     Importance of Agreements 4.     Kinds of Agreements 5.     Validity of Agreements
Module 12	Concept of Liability : 1.     Definition and Nature of Liability 2.     Kinds of Liability 3.     General Conditions of Liability 4.     Measure of Penal Liability 5.     Measure of Civil Liability 6.     Theory of Strict and Absolute Liability 7.     Vicarious Liability in Civil and Criminal Law 8.     Liability of Corporations

 

Recommended Readings :

1.     Bodenheimer Jurisprudence – The Philosophy and Methods of Law, Universal Law Publishing, 1996.

2.     Fitzgerald, (ed.) Salmond on Jurisprudence, Sweet & Maxwell, 1999.

3.     W. Friedman, Legal Theory, Universal Law Publishing, New Delhi, 1999.

4.     H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law, Oxford University Press, ELBS, 1970.

5.     Hilaire McCoubreyand Nigel D. White, Textbook on Jurisprudence, Oxford University Press, 1999.

6.     M.D.A. Freeman (ed.), Lloyd’s Introduction to Jurisprudence, Sweet and Maxwell, 1994.

7.     Mark Kelman, A Guide to Critical Legal Studies, Universal Law Publishing Co., 2010.

8.     N.Y. Jayakumar, Lectures in Jurisprudence, 2nd Ed., LexisNexis.

9.     P.S. Atchthew Pillai, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Eastern Book Company.

10.  Paton G. W. Jurisprudence, Oxford University Press, ELBS, 1972.

11.  Raymond Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence, Oxford University Press, 2012.

12.  Roscoe Pound, Introduction to the Philosophy of Law, 1998 Re-print, Universal Publication, Delhi.

13.  Suri Ratnapala, Jurisprudence, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

14.  V. D. Mahajan, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, 1996 Re-print, Eastern Books, Luknow.

15.  Vijay Ghormade, Lectures on Jurisprudence & Legal Theory, Hind Law House, Pune.