How To Prepare Law Optional For WBCS Main Exam – Law Book List

Law optional for WBCS Mains Exam

Previoulsy, Law was a less popular optional. But now it has been consistently attaining the attention of aspirants over in the last couple of years. The successful candidates have those who had law as their optional, have unequivocally prescribed Law to all law graduates, and non- law graduates. But the graduates from the non-law background may consider the fact that the Law optional has a considerably more extensive syllabus than other optional subjects.Continue Reading How To Prepare Law Optional For WBCS Main Exam – Law Book List

Law optional Paper- I consist of Constitutional Law, administrative law, and International Law. Law Paper II comprises, the Law of Contracts, the Law of Torts, Contemporary Legal Developments and the Law of Crimes.

Things to Remember for Law Optional-

In Paper I, the important parts are Constitutional and Administrative Law. You may get up to three questions on this. In Paper II, it is recommended that you give examples of recent cases. Cite relevant case examples. But, to differentiate your answers also give the philosophy behind every law.

How to write answer for Law optional?

Paper 1 of the Law optional has conceptual parts and less technical. It tests your ability to analyze constitution and international affairs while Paper 2 is little technical. You should write paragraph based in paper 1 and in paper 2 be to the point and precise. For contemporary legal developments one has to read them in coordination with new changes and amendments. It is better to supplement your answers with examples of cases but cases should not overshadow the main concept of the answer.

Sources to study Law

Reading lots of books will not help you to crack this but reading selected books with sincere devotion and hard work will definitely help. Making notes and answer writing practice can help you to write relevant portions without even thinking too much. Do not avoid syllabus and go through it again and again to evaluate that what portions you have left.  Always mark differences over various topics as to what would require and amount of time for the same.

Books for Law optional Paper I

Paper 1 of the Law optional has conceptual parts and less technical. This paper consists of two separate segment Constitutional Laws, Administrative Law and International Law. To tackle Paper I of Law optional aspirant should need some essential books for reference.

• Constitution of India
• Introduction to the Constitution of India – D.D Basu
• Our Constitution – Subhash C. Kashyap
• Administrative Law – I.P. Massey
• The Constitution of India (Bare Act) – PM Bakshi
• Constitution of India- VN Shukla
• An Introduction to Public International Law – S. K. Verma
• International Law- S. K Kapoor(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• International Law – Malcolm N Shaw

Books for Law optional Paper II

Law optional Paper II ideals with hardcore laws and more technical. It consists of two segments as paper I. They are:

1. Section A – Law of Torts and Law of Crimes
2. Section B – Mercantile Law, Law of Contracts, and Contemporary Legal Developments

• Mercantile Law – R.K. Bangia
• Principles of Mercantile Law- Avtar Singh
• Indian Contract Act Specific Relief Act- Pollock and mulla
• Law of Tort – Autochthon Pillai(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Jurisprudence – P.K. Tripathi and Dias(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

Topic wise Listing of Suggested Law Books
Books on Indian Penal Code – K.D. GAUR

Books on Law of Tort
– R.K. Bangia(Click here to purchase from Amazon)

– Ratanlal Dhiraj Lal
– Avatar Singh
Books on Constitutional Law
– V.N. Shukla
– S.K. Kapoor
– J.N. Pandey
Books on Law of Contract
– J B Moyle
Books on International Law 

Advantages of Law Optional

• Law is a very basic thing. Everybody (and especially if you are preparing for WBCS) has some understanding of the fundamentals of law, like what is right, what is wrong, etc.
• WBCS doesn’t expect you to be experts in law. You don’t need to be a law graduate to opt for the law optional in the WBCS mains.
• It is a scoring subject.
• It is interesting and you can learn a lot about law by reading newspapers and following cases in news.
• There is a lot of overlap with the General Studies paper especially in polity and constitution.

W.B.C.S. Main Examination 2019 Optional Law Question Paper I And II Download

W.B.C.S. Main Examination Law Optional Syllabus

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