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Law And Society Question Paper

Law And Society

Course:Bachelor Of Education History

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS

ASC 400 : LAW AND SOCIETY

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DATE: WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2009 TIME: 8.00 A.M. - 10.00 A.M.

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer Question ONE and Any Other TWO Questions.
All Questions carry 23.3 marks, each.

Q.1
a)
Comment on Austin?s concepts of law, sovereignty, and command versus Llewellyns concept of law jobs?. (16.0 marks)
b)
In what light would you relate Austinian and Llewellyian views to Kenyan socio-legal system? (7.3 marks)
Q.2
a)
Define sociological Jurisprudence. (3.0 marks)
b)
Discuss Ehrlichs concept of living law, Jherings concepts of social Mechanism, and Pounds concepts of social engineering and interest.?
Q.3
a)
Comment on the Marxist conception on the identity of state and law. (16.0 marks)
b)
Would Karl Marx be right or wrong in the present Kenyan social-legal circumstance? Why? Explain. (7.3 marks)
Q.4
a)
Outline African versus Euro-American mechanisms of social control. (16.0 marks)
b)
Deliberate on these mechanisms concerning ethnic and gender relations in Kenyan. (7.3 marks)
Q.5
Write succinct notes on THREE of the following:
a)
Weber and law
b)
Holmes and legal realism
c)
Savignys spirit of the people? (volksgeist)
d)
The concept of custom.