Jurisprudence - 1

(1) The terms monism and dualism are used to describe two different theories of the relationship between international law and national law.

(2) 'Natural law' theories may be broadly divided into Ancient theories, Medieval theories, Renaissance theories and Modern theories.

(1) Hans Kelsen coined the term ‘legal theory’. 

(3) The purpose of punishment is reforming a wrongdoer.

(4) Hypothesis of Grundnorm was propounded by Kelson.

(2) Adverse possession may lead to loss of title.

(4) Austin defined law as a command of the sovereign.

(2) Aristotle has made distinction between distributive justice and corrective justice.

(2) Savigny propounded volksgiest theory.

(3) Bentham propounded the ‘Utilitarian theory’.

(1) Theories of punishment can be divided into two general philosophies, utilitarian and retributive.

(1) 'Law must be changed in a manner to get pleasure and to avoid painful change with social circumstances’ is the contribution of historical theory.

(2) A right is the correlative of a relative duty, 'relative' in that is the duty to one or more persons other than oneself or the state; or as the correlative of a conditional duty, 'conditional' in that the possessor of the right may choose not to exercise it.

(2) ‘Social Solidarity’ principle was propounded by Lon Duguit.

(4) "A treaty is a contract between the governments of two or more sovereign states." Lord Templeman said so in the case of Maclaine Watson V. Dept. of Trade and Industry.