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
 

1. “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.

1. EXPLAIN THE FEATURES OF LAW MENTION AND EXPLAIN 4 CLASSIFICATIONS OF LAW. (17½ MARKS)

3A. EXPLAIN THE TERM JUDICIAL PRECEDENT AND OBITER DICTUM

1. DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE LOGIC. (17½ MARKS)
2. EXAMINE THE CONCEPT OF JUSTICE AND ENUMERATE THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF JUSTICE(17½ MARKS)

5A.   DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE TO LAW.

1. 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.

1. WRITE BRIEF NOTES ON THE FOLLOWING TOOLS OF INTERPRETING LEGISLATIONS BY THE JUDGES. (17½ MARKS)
2. A) GOLDEN RULE
3. B) LITERAL RULE

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