JURISPRUDENCE (INCLUDING ROMAN LAW). The Board of Examiners. Candidates should answer SEVEN questions only: 1. Consider the several meanings of the term jus gentium. 2. What are Liberty, Power, Right? 3. What are the distinguishing marks of Civil Injuries and Crimes respectively? 4. Distinguish between Absolute and Relative Duties. Classify the former. 5. Consider the meaning of the following expressions:-Jus de rebus, jus in rem, jus in re, jus ad rem. 6. Describe Ownership. What is the distinction between titles original and titles derivative? 7. Consider the difference between hereditas, legatum, fidei-commissum. What were the advantages of codicilli? 8. Write a short note on each of the following:Actio Publiciana; interdictum Quorum bonorum; actio utilis; actio in factum. 9. Discuss the following cases, using the appropriate technical terms: (a) A, a youth of eighteen, sells property to B for an inadequate price. (b) A agrees to sell property to B for 10 aurei. Subsequently, A and B agree that the price shall be reduced to 5 aurei. (c) A, who is about to make a will during the reign of Justinian, has three sons-one in power, another emancipated, and the third given in adoption. What course should he take to make his will effective? 10. Write a short note on the legislative power of the Emperor. ROMAN LAW. The Board of Examiners. Candidates should answer SEVEN questions only. 1. Consider the several meanings of the term jus gentium. 2. Consider the meaning of the following expressions: -Jus de rebus, jus in re, actio in rem. 3. Write a short note on the history of the Roman law of marriage. 4. Into what classes did the Roman lawyers divide contracts? State the distinctive marks of each class. 5. Discuss the following cases, using the appropriate technical terms: (a) A, a youth of 18, sells property to B for an inadequate price. (b) A agrees to sell property to B for 10 aurei. Subsequently A and B agree that the price shall be reduced to 5 aurei. (c) A, who is about to make a will during the reign of Justinian, has three sons-one in power, another emancipated, and a third given in adoption. What course should be taken in order to make his will effective? 6. Consider the difference between hereditas, legatum, fidei-commissum. What were the advantages of codicilli? 7. Write a short note on each of the following Actio Publiciana, interdictum Quorum bonorum, actio utilis, actio in factum. 8. Describe the steps which would be taken to enforce a judgment under the system of the legis actio, the formula, and the cognitio extraordinaria respectively. 9. Write a short note on the legislative power of the Emperor. 10. Give a short account of the attempts of Theodosius and of Justinian to simplify the sources of the law. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND LAW (PART I.) AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW. The Board of Examiners. Candidates should answer SEVEN questions only, of which two must be from part "B." A. 1. Give an account of the spiritual estate. 2. Describe the constitution and functions of the Privy Council at the present day. 3. Describe the growth of the corporate responsibility of the Cabinet. 4. Consider historically the effects of a demise of the Crown. 5. What were the principal differences in the feudal system as it existed in England and as it existed in the rest of Western Europe? 6. What, apart from the federal system, are the most notable marks of difference between British and American government? 7. Write a short note on the "Freedom of the Press." B. 8. Consider the influence of nationalism in the development of International Law. 9. What were the principal measures of the 19th century for the amelioration of the conditions of warfare? 10. What are the marks of a Belligerent Community? What principles govern the recognition of such a community? 11. What are the principal rules governing the acquisition of territory by a State? CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND LAW.— The Board of Examiners. Candidates should answer FOUR questions only. 1. Distinguish between the character and object of the "Law Reports" and the "State Trials." What are the essential features of a "Report," and how far is it permissible to speak of "Official Reports"? 2. Write a short note on the Appropriation Act and its constitutional importance. 3. To the decisions of what courts does the character of authority attach? Under what source of law would you range rules made by the Judges under the Supreme Court Act? 4. Write a short sketch of the constitution of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Victoria. 5. From what sources are the powers of the Governor of Victoria derived? 6. Give an account of the tenure of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria. How may a Judge of the Supreme Court be removed? Y |