Fundamental Legal Concepts

• Legal PersonalityWho counts as a person in law, the kinds of person, how courts treat companies, idols and animals, and the theories of corporate personality.
• Legal Rights and DutiesMeaning of legal right and duty, Hohfeld's analysis, the interest and will theories, the kinds of rights and duties, and how India treats them.
• PossessionMeaning and definitions of possession, possession and custody, its elements and kinds, how it is acquired and protected, adverse possession, and finders of lost goods.
• OwnershipMeaning and definitions of ownership, its characteristics and kinds, how it is acquired, how it differs from possession, and the limits the law places on it.
• TitleMeaning and definitions of title, its nature, investitive and divestitive facts, original and derivative title, agreements as title, and title in injunction suits.
• LiabilityMeaning and definitions of liability, its elements, civil and criminal, strict and absolute, and vicarious liability, with the leading cases.
• Legal ObligationMeaning of obligation, how it differs from duty, its sources and kinds, and its legal consequences, with the leading cases.
• PropertyMeaning and classification of property, rights in one's own and in another's property, servitudes, modes of acquisition, and the right to property in India.