The Department of Law at Manarat International University (MIU) started its journey in 2009. It offers the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B. 4 year Honours) degree. With a view to creating good judges, legal experts, good administrators and conscious citizens of tomorrow, the Department has been working relentlessly. From its very inception, the Department took different initiatives to unveil the hidden potential of learners. The four year Bachelors degree of Law is designed to prepare the students to acquire legal knowledge and gather the ability to apply that knowledge in the legal field. All throughout, the program focuses on broadening the student’s understanding of law and building their capacity and skill for the competitive world of the future. This will render an opportunity to serve humanity by working against injustice.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE:
The Bachelor of Law curriculum primarily involves the study of a number of core courses, which every law student should know to become Judges and Lawyers in the future. The courses are designed to prepare students to build their careers in the legal field. The program includes theoretical and practical courses. The syllabus of the Bar Council and the Judicial Service Commission are included in different courses. To have practical experience of Court procedure, regular Court visits are conducted under the practical course "Moot Court and Trial". This undergraduate curriculum is also designed in such a way that after graduation, the graduates will have a reasonable amount of general idea about humanities subjects and they will obtain good communication skill in English as well. The curriculum includes a good number of university required courses known as General Education Courses (GED). Areas of the GED courses include Linguistics (English and Arabic), Liberal Arts and Islamic Studies. This institution provides all the facilities necessary for development of the students as academically sound, morally excellent and full-fledged human beings.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:
To obtain the Bachelor of Arts degree from the Department of Law, each student is required to successfully complete a minimum of 111 credits. In addition to minimum 111 credits, students may also take extra courses from the elective courses for wider specialization. The distribution of the credits are given below:
8 GED Courses
| 24 credits
|
35 Law Courses
| 111 credits
|
Total
| 135 credits |
The distribution of credits and contact hours of courses of Bachelor of Law program in the Department of Law are as follows:
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (GED):
Sl No.
| Course Code
| Course Title
| Contact Hours/ Week
| Credits
|
| 1 | GED111
| Fundamentals of English
| 3 | 3 |
| 2 | GED122
| Basic Concept of Islam
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | GED213
| Composition and communication Skills
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | GED224
| Bangladesh Studies
| 3 | 3 |
| 5 | GED235
| Life of Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (SM)
| 3 | 3 |
| 6 | GED316
| Quranic Language
| 3 | 3 |
| 7 | GED327
| Quran, Science & Humanity
| 3 | 3 |
| 8 | GED338
| Environmental Studies
| 3 | 3 |
Optional for Non Muslim Students
| GEA122
| History of Bengal
| 3 | 3 |
Optional for Non Muslim Students
| GEA316
| Comparative Social System
| 3 | 3 |
Optional for Non Muslim Students
| GEA327
| Peace and Conflict Studies
| 3 | 3 |
|
| Total 8 Courses
| 24 | 24 |
Sl No.
| Course Code
| Course Title
| Contact Hours/ Week
| Credits
|
| 1 | LAW 111
| LEGAL HISTORY OF INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
| 2 + 1
| 3
|
| 2 | LAW 112
| INTERPRETATION OF LAWS
| 2 + 1
| 3
|
| 3 | LAW 113
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF BANGLADESH
| 2 + 2
| 4
|
| 4 | LAW 115
| JURISPRUDENCE
| 2 + 2
| 4
|
| 5 | LAW 119
| LEGAL SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS
| 2 + 1
| 3
|
| 6 | LAW 120
| PERSONAL LAWS OF HINDUS, BUDHISTS, CHRISTIANS & ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
| 2 + 1
| 3
|
| 7 | LAW 121
| MUSLIM LAW
| 2+1
| 3
|
| 8 | LAW 122
| EQUITY AND TRUST, SPECIFIC RELIEF AND PUBLIC DEMANDS RECOVERY
| 2+1
| 3
|
| 9 | LAW 222
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE UK AND USA
| 2+1
| 3
|
| 10 | LAW 223
| LAW OF CONTRACT
| 2+1
| 3
|
| 11 | LAW 228
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – I
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 12 | LAW 231
| LAW OF SUCCESSION AND STATUTORY FAMILY LAWS
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 13 | LAW 232
| CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 14 | LAW 233
| LAW OF TORTS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 15 | LAW 234
| CRIMINAL LAWS - I
| 2+1
| 3 |
| 16 | LAW 235
| CRIMINAL LAWS - II
| 2+1
| 3
|
| 17 | LAW 236
| LAW OF TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AND REGISTRATION
| 2+1
| 3 |
| 18 | LAW 334
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
| 2 +1
| 3 |
| 19 | LAW 335
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - II
| 2+1
| 3 |
| 20 | LAW 342
| LAND LAWS I
| 2+1
| 3 |
| 21 | LAW 343
| TAXATION LAW
| 2+ 2
| 4 |
| 22 | LAW 346
| EVIDENCE AND FORENSIC LAWS - I
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 23 | LAW 347
| COMPANY, BANKING & SECURITIES LAW
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 24 | LAW 348
| EVIDENCE AND FORENSIC LAWS - II
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 25 | LAW 349
| LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL LAW
| 2+1
| 3 |
| 26 | LAW 350
| BUSINESS LAWS
| 2 + 2
| 4 |
| 27 | LAW 351
| HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 28 | LAW 444
| LAND LAWS - II
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 29 | LAW 451
| CIVIL PROCEDURE – I
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 30 | LAW 452
| CIVIL PROCEDURE – II
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 31 | LAW 453
| CONVEYANCING AND DRAFTING
| 2 + 2
| 4 |
| 32 | LAW 455
| MOOT COURT AND TRIAL
| 2 + 1
| 3 |
| 33 | LAW 456
| CYBER AND MEDIA LAWS
| 2+1
| 3
|
| 34 | LAW 457
| PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
| 2 + 2
| 4 |
| 35 | LAW 499
| VIVA VOCE AND RESEARCH MONOGRAPH
| 2+1
| 3 |
|
| Total 35 Core Courses
| 111
| 111
|