CBSE Syllabus of Class 11 Legal Studies 2019-20

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CBSE Syllabus for class 11 Legal Studies 2019-20

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CBSE Syllabus Class 11 Legal Studies

One Paper
Time: 3Hrs
Marks: 100

Course Contents:

1. Theory and Nature of Political Institutions (40 periods)
   Concept of State/ Nation
   Organs of Government – Legislative, Executive and Judiciary
   Separation of Powers – Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Independence
   Basic features of Constitution of India
2. Nature and Sources of Law (45 periods)
   Nature, meaning and School of law
   Classification of law – International and municipal law
   Sources of law – Custom, legislation, and precedent
   Law Reform
3. Historical Evolution of Indian Legal System (45 periods)
   Ancient Indian Law
   Administration of Justice in British India
   Making of the Indian Constitution
4. Judiciary: Constitutional, Civil and Criminal Courts and Process (45 periods)
   Constitution: Roles and Impartiality
   Hierarchy of Courts
   The Civil Court Structure
   Structure and functioning of Criminal Courts in India
   Other Courts in India
5. Family Justice System (45 periods)
   Introduction to family laws
   Institutional Framework
   Marriage and Divorce
   Children
   Domestic Violence
   Property, Succession & Inheritance
6. Project on Unit 2
   In Class XI, differentiate between ratio decidendi and obiter dicta of any 5 case laws related to the curriculum.
   The project should speak of the facts, issue, and the decision of the case clearly differentiating between the obiter and ratio.
   A viva along with file will be assessed in the following format:
   Presentation and preparation of file – 5 marks
   Research – 5 marks
   Application of the understanding of legal context – 5 marks
   Viva– 5 marks

Legal Studies
Question Paper Design
Class 11 (2019-20)

Very Short Answer Objective type (VSA) (1 Mark)
Remembering: 6
Understanding: 6
Applying: 6
Analysing : 0
Evaluating: 2
Creating: 0
Total: 20
Short Answer-I (SA) (2 Mark)
Remembering: 2
Understanding: 2
Applying: 2
Analysing : 0
Evaluating: 2
Creating: 0
Total: 8
Short Answer-II (SA) (4 Marks)
Remembering: 1
Understanding: 1
Applying: 2
Analysing : 0
Evaluating: 1
Creating: 0
Total: 6
Long Answer-I (LA) (6 Marks)
Remembering: 1
Understanding: 1
Applying: 1
Analysing : 0
Evaluating: 1
Creating: 0
Total: 4

Total Marks
Remembering: 20
Understanding: 20
Applying: 24
Analysing : 0
Evaluating: 16
Creating: 0
Total: 80
Weightage (% age)
Remembering: 25
Understanding: 25
Applying: 30
Analysing : 0
Evaluating: 20
Creating: 0
Total: 100

QUESTION-WISE BREAK-UP

1. No chapter wise weightage. Care to be taken to cover all the chapters.
2. Suitable internal variations may be made for generating various templates keeping the overall weightage to different form of questions and typology of questions same.

Choice(s):
There will be no overall choice in the question paper.
However 33% internal choices will be given in all the sections.