INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND LEGAL SYSTEMS (EPLL2101)
Faculty of Law and Political Science (FLPS)
Semester: First Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2018
THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
FACULTY OF LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
First Semester Examination, 2018/2019 Academic Year
Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
Departments: EPL, PL and PS, Level 200
Course Master: Prof Galega Samgena D.
INSTRUCTIONS: You are absolutely required to answer the questions in the sequential
order in which they appear. You are required to write down only the alphabet corresponding to
the
correct
answer
or
fdl
the
gap(s). No cancellations
are
allowed!
Answers
which
do not
follow
these
deontology shall
not
be
considered!
Note
that
some
questions
require
more
than
two
answers, but each question carries one mark.
1. The law has a generally accepted definition. True or False?
The basic technique in inductive reasoning, is argument by analogy (a) True (b) False
Common law has been influenced by at least 6 sources. Name them.
The Justices in Eyre or itinerant judges were also known as pieds poudres (aj True (b) False
The most outstanding characteristics of English law is that it is largely
To commence an action in a common law court, the plaintiff needed to obtain what document
first?
The
Curia
Regis
was
the
King’s
(a)
Court
(b)
Council
(c)
Meeting Room
(d)
None
is
correct
The Statute of Westminster II, 1285, was also known as and abrogated
The Statute in Consimili Casu meant that new writs could be issued by the Chancery,
provided they were:... to those which could have been issued before the Provisions
of Oxford 1258.
10. State the doctrine of
"stare decisis
11. The binding element in a case is known asand the non-binding element known as
12. Equity is an integral part of the common law legal system (a) True (b) False
13. List two new remedies granted by equity.
14. Complete the following maxims of equity:
a. Equity aids only
b. He who comes to equity must come with
15. Give two effects of the Judicature Acts 1873-75.
16. The date of reception of English statutes of general application varied from country to
country. For Anglophone Cameroon, it was, mindful of Articleof the
Southern Cameroon’s High Court Law 1955.
17. Give the competences of the Constitutional Council in Cameroon?
18. Appeals from customary courts are lodged directly at the:
a. Court of First Instance
b. High Court
c. Appeal Court
19. List the different Benches of the Supreme Court of Cameroon.
20. Injudicial interpretation, the Mischief Rule is also called the rule in
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