Panjab University - INFLIBNET Centre

M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUS 41Sources.Subjects of International law – States, Individual and the International Institutions.Relation of International Law to Municipal Law.Unit-II : Law of PeaceIntervention.Recognition – Theories, Modes and Consequences.State Responsibility.State Succession.Unit-III : Force and International LawDisputes :Settlement by peaceful means.Settlement through the agencies – U.N. and the International Court of Justice.Settlement through means of short of war.War :General Laws of Warfare (Land, Maritime and Air)Geneva Conventions.War Crimes.NeutralityBlockade, Contraband and Prize Courts.Unit-IV : International TransactionsDiplomatic Agents.Consuls.Treaties.Course XII : The candidates are required to offer any one of the following courses :Option (a) : DEMOCRACY IN INDIAINSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND CANDIDATES :(i)(ii)The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal assessment.For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks secured by them intheory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu of internal assessment.The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.The syllabus has been divided into four units.There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short answer type containing 15 shortquestions spread over the whole syllabus to be answered in about 25 to 30 words each. The candidates are required toattempt any 10 short answer type questions carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marks for each. Rest of the paper shall contain 4units. Each unit shall have two questions, and the candidates shall be given internal choice of attempting one questionfrom each Unit – 4 in all. Each question will carry 15 marks.Objective : The paper aims at enabling the students to understand and reflect upon the theory and practice ofdemocracy in India.Unit-IPrefiguring Indian Democracy.Indian Democracy : Colonial Inheritance.Idea of Democracy : Constituent Assembly Debates.State of Democracy in Contemporary India.Unit-IIDemocracy and Development.Development Planning.Economic Reforms.