There are two papers for the Andhra University Research Common Entrance Test (AURCET) conducted for admission to LL.B. Paper-I comprises of questions from topics like General English, Quantitative Ability and Logic Reasoning. Indian Constitutional Law, Judicial Process, Legal Education and Research Methodology, Company Law, International Law, Human Rights, etc are the main topics included under Paper II.

Syllabus for AURCET (Law) – Paper I

General English

• Choose the Appropriate option
• Comprehension
• Idomatic Expressions
• One-word Substitutes
• Phrasal Verbs
• Prepositions

General Knowledge

Current Affairs

Quantitative Ability

Reasoning

Logic Reasoning

Syllabus for AURCET (Law) – Paper II

Indian Constitutional Law

• Constitutionalism
• Emergency
• Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
• Pluralism and Federalism
• Union State Financial Relations
• Writs

Law and Social Change

• Children and Law
• Law as an instrument of social change
• Religion and Law
• Women and Law

Judicial Process

• Judicial Process as an instrument of social change
• Judicial Review
• Doctrine of Separation of powers
• Judicial activism
• Judicial Accountability
• PIL Contribution to Environmental Justice
• Criminal Justice
• Gender Justice

Legal Education and Research Methodology

• Data Collection and Analysis
• Foot Noting Style
• Hypothesis
• Objectives and methods of Legal Education
• Research Design
• Research Methods
• Review of Literature
• Sampling Procedure
• Scaling Techniques

School, Sources and Concept of Law

• Analytical Positivism
• Historical Jurisprudence
• Legal Realism
• Natural Law
• Precedent Concept of Dharma
• Pure Theory
• Sociological School of Law

Contracts, Company Law, and IPRs

• Basic Principles on Patents, Copy rights, and Trade Marks
• Essentials of Contracts
• Negotiable Instruments
• Partnerships
• Winding up of a Company

Torts and Crime

• Defences against Criminal Liability
• Defences of Tort
• Negligence
• Offences against person and personality
• Torts

International Law

• Assylum
• Extradition
• Modes of acquisition of Territory and Nationality
• Recognition
• Sources
• Succession

Environment

• Types of Pollution
• Air Act
• Water Act
• Environmental Protection Act
• Sustainable Development
• Judicial Activism relating to environmental protection

Human Rights

• African Charter
• Concept of Human Rights
• European and American Conventions on Human Rights
• Historical Development of Human Rights
• National Commissions for Women
• National Human Rights Commission
• Universal Declaration of human Rights

From Paper-I, 25 questions are asked from English Language and 7 questions from general awareness/current affairs. Rest of the sessions consists of 6 questions each. Paper II will be asked for 100 marks. Objective model questions are asked for the test. The preparation for the exam can be done using reference books and previous year question papers. Solving previous year question papers will help in effective time management and in identifying the type of questions. Materials collected from web can also be used for studies.