University of New Zealand.
B.A. Examination for Honours, 1885.
Political Science.
Paper
c.
Jurisprudence.
Examiners:
W. A. Hunter, M.A., LL.D.
Examiners: Rev.
W. Cuningham, D.Sc.
1. |
Define "Political Society." What is the importance of the definition for Jurisprudence? |
2. |
Trace the origin of Court Fees. State and examine Bentham's objections to this mode of paying for the administration of justice. |
3. |
What distinctions have been suggested between "civil injury" and "crime"? Criticize them. |
4. |
State and exemplify from the history of England and of the United States the meaning of the term "unconstitutional." |
5. |
"Positive law (or
jus), positive morality (or
mos), together with the principles which form the text of both, are the inseparably connected parts of a vast organic whole." Comment on this statement. |
6. |
Discuss the propriety of employing a great variety of pnishments for crime. |
7. |
Explain and illustrate the different cases in which the phrase "legal fiction" is employed. |
8. |
Exemplify from different systems of law the priority of "self-help" to judicial remedies. |