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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. |