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Klaw 101:Legal Research, Methods And Writing March 2010 Question Paper

Klaw 101:Legal Research, Methods And Writing March 2010 

Course:Bachelor Of Laws

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010



KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2009/20010 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS
COURSE CODE: KLAW 101


INSTRUCTIONS:
1. ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER TWO. EACH QUESTION CARRIES
EQUAL MARKS
2. BE PRECISE AND CLEAR IN YOUR ANSWER


QUESTION 1
Discuss the importance of communication to a lawyer and outline the qualities that a good piece
of writing should possess. (20 marks)

QUESTION 2
(a) Discuss the significance of determining the ratio decidendi of a judgment (10 marks)
(b) Discuss the role of legal reasoning in development of judicial precedent (10 marks)

QUESTION 3
Write short notes on the following:
(a) Obiter dictum (5 marks)
(b) Ratio decidendi (5 marks)
(c) Overruled precedent (5 marks)
(d) Distinguished precedent (5 marks)

QUESTION 4
Discuss the following classifications of law
(a) National and international law (5 marks)
(b) Common law and equity (5 marks)
(c) Criminal Law and Civil Law (5 marks)
(d) Law and Fact (5 marks)


QUESTION 5
Discuss broadly three indigenous and three foreign sources of the law of Kenya and what
significance
is attached to the 12th August 1897 in terms of receiving law in Kenya? (20 marks)





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