Postgraduate Programmes (2 Years LL.M. Programmes)
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The Law School offers Master’s Degree programme in three specialized areas, i.e., Constitutional and Administrative Law, Intellectual Property Rights Laws and Criminal Law. The programme is of two year duration, which is particularly designed for law graduates who plan to acquire advanced and specialized training in the field of Law and other disciplines, preparing them for careers in academia (both law schools and other departments), Government and policymaking.
LL.M. Programmes Offered at KSLU’s Law School
2 years LL.M. (Constitutional Law)
2 years LL.M. (Intellectual Property Rights)
2 years LL.M. (Criminal Law)
Eligibility Criteria for Admission
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(1) An applicant who has graduated in law from a University established by an Act of Parliament or by a State Legislature or an equivalent national institution recognized as a Deemed to be University or a foreign University recognized as equivalent to the status of an Indian University by the Equivalence Committee of Karnataka State Law University competent to declare equivalence, may apply for LL.M. degree course.
(2) Minimum percentage of marks in qualifying examination shall not be below 45% of total marks in case of general category applicants and 40% of total marks in case of SC and ST applicants.
Attendance:
- No student shall be permitted to appear for the end-of-semester examination in a given course unless he/she has, to the satisfaction of the course teacher, fulfilled the course requirements and has put in not less than 75% attendance in the course concerned.
Admission Procedure:
Admission to LL.M. Programme shall be strictly on the basis of merit taking into account total marks obtained in qualifying examination.
Provided that, while making admission to the course reservation policy of the Government of Karnataka governing admission to higher education institutions issued from time to time shall be applied.
Provided that a student who has attended not less than 65% of classes in each of the subjects prescribed may be permitted to keep the term for reasons to be recorded in writing and to the satisfaction of the Chairman of the P.G. Department/ Director of Law School as the case may be.
The allocation of courses over Four semesters shall be as under:
I Semester:
Compulsory Course-I: Law and Social Transformation in India
Compulsory Course-II: Indian Constitutional Law: New Challenges
Compulsory Course-III: Legal Theory.
Specialisation course-I
II Semester:
Compulsory Course-IV: Legal Education and Research Methodology
Compulsory Course-V: Judicial and Legislative Process
Compulsory Course-VI: Legal Concepts
Specialisation course-II
III Semester
Specialisation course-III
Specialisation course-IV
Specialisation course-V
Specialisation course-VI
IV Semester
Specialisation course-VII
Specialisation course-VIII
Specialisation course-IX
Dissertation
List of Specialisation Subjects
Constitutional Law Branch
Spl. Paper-I: Constitutional Law: Theory and Practice
Spl. Paper-II: Public Utilities Law
Spl. Paper-III: Union-State Financial Relations
Spl. Paper-IV: Constitutionalism, Pluralism and Federalism
Spl. Paper-V: Law and Administration
Spl. Paper-VI: National Security, Public Order and Rule of Law
Spl. Paper-VII: Law Relating to Writs and Public Service
Spl. Paper-VIII: Mass Media Law
Spl. Paper-IX: Panchayat Raj Institutions
Intellectual Property Law Branch
Spl. Paper I: Conceptual Study of Industrial and Intellectual Property
Spl, Paper -II: Law of Patents in India
Spl. Paper -III: Law of Trade Marks
Spl. Paper -IV: Law of Copyrights
Spl. Paper -V: Law of Designs, Integrated Circuits, Geographical Indications and Confidential Information
Spl. Paper -VI: Law of Intellectual Property and Plant Varieties
Spl. Paper - VII: Law of Intellectual Property and Biodiversity
Spl. Paper -VIII: Law of Intellectual Property Rights and Information Technology
Spl. Paper- IX: Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights and Environment
Criminal Law Branch
Spl. Paper-I: Crime, Criminology and Crime prevention
Spl. Paper-II: Penology : Treatment of Offenders
Spl. Paper-III: Privileged Class Deviance
Spl. Paper-IV: Drug Addiction, Criminal Justice and Human Rights
Spl. Paper-V: Juvenile Delinquency
Spl. Paper-VI: Collective Violence and Criminal Justice System
Spl. Paper- VII: Comparative criminal justice system
Spl. Paper-VIII: Victim and Criminal Justice System
Spl. Paper-IX: Crimes affecting Security and Public Order
Programme Outcomes of LL.M Courses
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Knowledge of law: A post graduate in law should possess specialized and in-depth knowledge on the law subjects like Constitutional Law, Intellectual property rights law, business and commercial law, criminal law etc., and also be acquainted with the latest developments in the areas of specialization and should have abilities to apply the knowledge to solve problems and advise institutions and also individuals. Intellectual input is the essence of this autonomous profession.
Professional ethics: A post graduate should have strong underpinnings of professional ethics in order to belong to the noble profession
Development of professional skills: The post graduate should develop the skills of good analytical, comparative legal research; legal research paper writing; analysis of the present law and its implication in a globalized world. Use the library and modern tools, resources/software in writing legal research paper and dissertation. It is very important for a professional to be effective.
Knowledge of law and procedures: The post graduate should study and acquire knowledge about appropriate justice delivery system and application of law in specialized areas like Constitutional Law, Intellectual property rights law, Business and Commercial Law, Constitutional Law. He should also acquaint with the updated information on the area of specialization.
Ready to take-up profession: the post graduate should develop critical and contextual approaches across a wide variety of legal subject matter like Criminal and Security Law; Corporate and Commercial Law; Constitutional Law and also be able to form their own opinion and observation on legal aspects related to their specialized areas.
Social responsibility: A post graduate should be an active citizen first. He should provide leadership to the society when it is at the crossroads.
SYLLABUS
Constitutional Law
Intellectual Property Law
Criminal Law
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