NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
14-16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS
SCHOOL OF LAW
MARCH/APRIL 2015 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: LAW 111
COURSE TITLE: LEGAL METHODS 1
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HRS
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER FOUR QUESTIONS IN ALL
QUESTION 1 IS COMPULSORY
- “TO SUCCEED IN THE PROFESSION OF LAW, YOU MUST SEEK TO CULTIVATE COMMAND OF LANGUAGE; WORDS ARE THE JURIST TOOLS OF TRADE. HOW TRUE IS THIS STATEMENT? (17½ MARKS)
2A. GIVE REASONS WHY LAWS ARE MADE.
- EXPLAIN THE FEATURES OF LAW MENTION AND EXPLAIN 4 CLASSIFICATIONS OF LAW. (17½ MARKS)
3A. EXPLAIN THE TERM JUDICIAL PRECEDENT AND OBITER DICTUM
- DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE LOGIC. (17½ MARKS)
- EXAMINE THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE AND ENUMERATE THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF JUSTICE(17½ MARKS)
5A. DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE TO LAW.
- GIVE 5 EXAMPLES OF AMBIGUITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LANGUAGE IN THE DRAFTING OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS (17½ MARKS)
6A. LAW IS THE RESTRAINING FACTOR IN THE EXERCISE OF MAN’S FREEDOM: IF NOT, MAN WOULD HAVE LONG RETURNED TO THE STATE OF NATURE. DISCUSS.
- WRITE BRIEF NOTES ON THE FOLLOWING TOOLS OF INTERPRETING LEGISLATIONS BY THE JUDGES. (17½ MARKS)
- A) GOLDEN RULE
- B) LITERAL RULE
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