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Mumbai University · Second Year LLB · Semester 3 · Practical Training II
Chapter 4: Legal Writing, Public Interest Litigation, Legal Research & Law Office Management
10 notes topics 18 past questions ~82 min read
Legal writing - articles, case comments and research papers; methodology of a case comment with illustrations (Donoghue v. Stevenson, Salomon v. Salomon, Bhopal Gas, Vishaka); Public Interest Litigation - concept, origin (Krishna Iyer, Bhagwati), locus standi (S.P. Gupta, Bandhua Mukti Morcha), epistolary jurisdiction; leading PILs (Hussainara Khatoon, Vishaka, Parmanand Katara, M.C. Mehta series, Olga Tellis, Vineet Narain, PUCL, Common Cause); abuse of PIL and State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal guidelines; legal research methods (doctrinal, non-doctrinal, comparative); online databases (SCC Online, Manupatra, Indian Kanoon, Westlaw, LexisNexis, HeinOnline); citation styles (Bluebook, OSCOLA); law office management - setup, staff, documentation, IT, billing, BCI professional ethics.

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