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CURRICULUM OF LLB (5 YEARS) (Revised 20150) HIG HER EDUC ATION COMMISSION HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION ISLAMABAD 1 CURRICULUM DIVISION, HEC Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Chairman Mr. Fida Hussain Director General (Acad) Ms. Ghayur Fatima Director (Curriculum) Mr. Rizwan Shoukat Deputy Director (Curr) Mr. Abid Wahab Assistant Director (Curr) Mr. Riaz-ul-Haque Assistant Director (Curr) 2 3 Contents NATIONAL CURRICULUM REVISION COMMITTEE ........... 6 PROCEEDINGS ........................................................................... 9 STANDARDIZED FORMAT FOR LLB (5-YEAR) DEGREE PROGRAMME ............................................................................ 13 STANDARDIZED TEMPLATE / SCHEME OF STUDIES FOR FIVE-YEAR LLB DEGREE PROGRAMME .................. 16 SCHEME OF STUDIES FOR LLB (5-YEAR) PROGRAM .. 21 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................. 64 4 PREFACE The curriculum, with varying definitions, is a plan of the teaching-learning process that students of an academic programme are required to undergo. It includes objectives and learning outcomes, course contents, scheme of studies, teaching methodologies and methods of assessment of learning. Knowledge in all academic disciplines is expanding and even new disciplines are also emerging, it is imperative that curriculum are developed and revised regularly. University Grants Commission (UGC) was designated as the competent authority to develop, review and revise curricula beyond Class-XII vide Section 3, Sub-Section 2 (ii), Act of Parliament No. X of 1976 titled “Supervision of Curricula and Textbooks and Maintenance of Standard of Education”. With the repeal of UGC Act, the same function was assigned to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) under its Ordinance of 2002, Section 10, Sub-Section 1 (v). In compliance with the provisions, the Curriculum Division of HEC undertakes the revision of curricula after every three years through respective National Curriculum Revision Committees (NCRCs) which consist of eminent professors and researchers of relevant fields from public and private sector universities, R&D organizations, councils, industry and civil society nominated by their organizations. In order to impart education at par with quality international standards, HEC NCRCs have developed unified templates as guidelines for the development and revision of curricula in the disciplines of Basic Sciences, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, Agriculture and Engineering in 2007 and 2009. It is hoped that this curriculum document, prepared by the respective NCRC’s, would serve the purpose of meeting our national, social and economic needs, and it would also provide the level of competency specified in Pakistan Qualification Framework to make it compatible with international educational standards. The curriculum is also placed on the website of HEC (www.hec.gov.pk). (Fida Hussain) Director General (Academics) 5 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS STAGE-I STAGE-II STAGE-III STAGE-IV CURRI. UNDER CURRI. IN DRAFT FOLLOW UP FINAL STAGE CONSIDERATION STAGE STUDY ST COLLECTION OF APPRAISAL OF 1 DRAFT BY EXP. OF PREP. OF FINAL QUESTIONNAIRE REC COL./UNIV CURRI. CONS. OF CRC. FINALIZATION OF INCORPORATION OF COMMENTS DRAFT BY CRC REC. OF V.C.C. PREP. OF DRAFT APPROVAL OF PRINTING OF REVIEW BY CRC CURRI. BY V.C.C. CURRI. Abbreviations Used: IMPLE. OF CURRI. BACK TO STAGE-I CRC. Curriculum Revision Committee VCC. Vice Chancellor’s Committee EXP. Experts COL. Colleges UNI. Universities ORIENTATION PREP. Preparation COURSES REC. Recommendations 6 NATIONAL CURRICULUM REVISION COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN LAW JANUARY 20-22, 2015 (HEC-KARACHI) AND MAY 5-7- 2015 AT BZU MULTAN S # Name and Address Email 1 Professor Ahmed Ali [email protected] Convener Khan Head Department of Law Bahria University, Islamabad 2. Mr. Arshad Nawaz [email protected] Secretary Khan Assistant Professor , Department of Law Incharge School of Law, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. 3. Prof. Dr. Justice (Rtd) [email protected] Member Qazi Khalid Vice Chancellor, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law, Karachi. 4. Justice (Rtd) Dr. ghousjustice786@yahoo. Member Ghous Muhammad com Professor / Director, School of Law, University of Karachi, Karachi. 5. Mr. Abrar Hasan [email protected] Member/ Member Pakistan Bar om Rep. Council Pakistan Advocate Supreme Bar Council Court-Karachi. 7 6. Mian Aabbas Ahmed mianhassanabbas1@gmail. Member/ Member, Pakistan com Rep. Bar Council, Pakistan Islamabad. Bar Council 7. Prof. Dr. Fayyaz-ur- fayyazurrehman57@ Member Rehman, hotmail.com Principal, University Law College. University of Peshawar, Peshawar. 8. Prof. Dr. Shams-ul- [email protected] Member Basar Law College University of Sargodha, Main Campus, Sargodha . 9. Dr. Abdul Qadoos [email protected] Member Sial, Head Department of Law Islamia University of Bahawalpur. 10 Mr. Muhammad [email protected] Member Saleem Sheikh. Department of Law, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Gillani Law College, Multan 11 Prof. Ahmed Ali [email protected] Member Sheikh m Principal, Sindh Law College, Hyderabad . 12 Mr. Alam Zeb Khan [email protected] Member Head, Department of Law, Hazara University,Mansehra. 8 13 Dr. M.A. Iqbal [email protected] Member Chairman, Department of Law, International Islamic University, Islamabad. 14. Dr. Muhammad [email protected] Member Ramzan Wattoo, Assistant Professor, Law College, Lahore Leads University, 5 Tipu Block, New Garden Town, Lahore. 15 Mr. Faisal Shahzad, [email protected] Member Lecturer/Coordinator. Department of Shariah & Law, Islamic College/ University Peshawar, 16 Mr. Nasir Majeed [email protected] Member Head of Department k of Law University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat. 17 Mr. M. Danyal Khan [email protected] Member Gillani Law College BZU, Multan PROCEEDINGS A preliminary meeting of the National Curriculum Review Committee in Law was held on January 20-22, 2015 at the Higher Education Commission- Regional Centre at Karachi. The purpose of the meeting was to review/ revise the curriculum of LLB 5-year composite degree at the undergraduate level. The list of participants is attached. Mr. Salman Ahmad, Director HEC Regional Centre, Karachi, in his opening remarks explained the functioning of the Curriculum Wing of the HEC. He informed the participants about the HEC’s mandate to review the curriculum of all disciplines after every three years. He said that it is 9 an ongoing process and revisions of various disciplines take place at regular intervals. Explaining the objectives of the meeting, the Director said that the committee is required to: Prepare a draft curriculum in the discipline of Law and to bring it at par with international standards, Incorporate latest reading and writing material for each proposed course, Bring uniformity and develop minimum baseline courses in each and every course of studies; and To make recommendations for the promotion and further development of the disciple. Explaining the procedure of the National Curriculum Review Committee, the Director asked the members to select a Convener and a Secretary of the Committee. He said after the selection of the convener and secretary, the committee is required to follow the agenda as circulated. Accordingly Prof. Ahmed Ali Sheikh, Principal Hyderabad law College proposed the names of Professor Ahmad Ali Khan, Head of Law Department of Bahria University, Islamabad and Mr. Arshad Nawaz Khan, Incharge School of Law of Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad as Convener and Secretary respectively. All participants endorsed the proposition. Thereafter the Technical Session of the committee started. Professor Ahmad Ali Khan thanked all members for the confidence they reposed in him as convener. He explained the background of the 5-year LLB degree programme and stated that developing a 5-year law degree programme was a great achievement in the history of legal education in Pakistan. He proposed to make the curriculum a living one so that it could be modified and improved upon according to the needs of time. He observed that the focus of the proposed curriculum is on research and learning outside the classroom which would be helpful in creating a critical mass of law graduates fully committed to understanding and using law as a tool of social reform and social change. He appreciated the role of the Pakistan Bar Council for its continuous and strenuous efforts in addressing the issues relating to the promotion and furtherance of legal education in Pakistan. The Committee exhaustively considered and evaluated the existing LLB 5-year degree courses. It expressed its overall satisfaction and concurrence over the existing curriculum of the degree; however, the Committee noted various practical difficulties in the implementation of current 5-year degree programme and proposed suitable changes in the 10 existing scheme of studies. The proposed changes were circulated to all universities and institutions for their comments and observations. The Final meeting of the NCRC in Law was held from May 5-7, 2015 in Baha-Ud-Din Zakariya University, Multan. The participants thanked Prof. Dr. Khawaja Syed Alqama, Vice Chancellor BZ University, Multan for hosting and excellent arrangements for organizing the meeting. It was felt that holding such kind of meetings on campuses of universities is a very good idea as it helps in the ownership of decisions by the universities. In addition to that, it helps in developing networking of the academia. The meeting was also attended