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BOOKS:
a- marcantila law by cheema (b.com book)
b- company ordinance by avatar sing
c- company act 1872,negotialble instruments and arbitration
d- mercantile law by any Indian author for case laws

The first book deals with the entire syllabus of mercantile law except company ordinance.

PAPER PATTERN:
Its either;
a- in farm of case laws and the students have to solve the cases in light of relevant law, or
b- theoretical questions
whereas each type of pattern requires different approach for preparation. the former calls for a more refined concept base study than cramming, while for the other type it’s the other way round i.e the students must memorize to the best of their capacity the entire topic. Nonetheless there s a universal approach which can help the aspirants to tackle with every kind of paper pattern, here is the one;

HOW TO PREPARE;
A- FIRST STEP, CONCEPT BUILDING

a- read the entire syllabus thoroughly making sure that you have successfully made the accurate concepts of every topic
b- give a comprehensive reading to the related case laws as well
c- go through attentively the every illustration(there are many given in cheem’s book)
B_ SECOND STEP, MEMORISATION
After one has made concepts, memorization is a mush easier job. one must memorize the following contents of a topic to score high in this subject;

a- dates of the enactment of the laws e.g partnership act 1932,contract act 1872 etc.
b- section number and word to word section itself defining the main terms e.g section 4 of partnership act defining the partnership, what is legal consideration section 23 of contract act defines, what is definition of goods section 2(10) of sales of goods act defines etc.
c- relevant,important case laws ,memorise the title plus date of the case e.g
BUDHA BIBI v AMIRAN 1898 etc.

MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS;
Contract law and Company’s ordinance are the major topics of mercantile law.but preparing one of the two entirely in addition to the following important topics/acts would serve the purpose;
a- partnership act
b- sales of goods act
c- negotiable instruments(specially for MCQs)
d- agency
e- arbitration
NOTE PREPARE THE FOLLOWING FOR CONCEPTS ALONE;
a- insurance laws
b- company’s ordinance(I would suggest, its every aspirants’ own discretion to follow whatever course they want)

thank you very much for the above post and indeed it would be very helpful for all who have or would opt for m.law.
and company ordinance by avatar sing is it enough for company section.
besides i have done llb from london university, would it be advisable to qoute british cases.

regards
Muhammad Zuhaib

@ zuhainjamro

Yes, you can share british cases. In fact, majority of cases quoted in local books are also british cases.

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thank you so much for the reply highly appreciate it, did you also give mercantile law?? if yes how much did you score? i have done my llb from london university so im fimiliar with the case law for company as it was my last year subject.. but could you guide me through how to go about the subject i mean which areas are important and which books i should consult

I have got 78 marks in 2009 and I suggest the students not to write case laws rather give examples which you can make yourself while sitting in the examination hall if you have complete command over the law.Examiner doesn't expect very much from you in Mercantile Law as most of the students don't score even 20 marks. The main thing is that you should give accurate law even in your own words.

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@mussaa

yes, you are right. One can give examples mad eby himself given the correct understanding of the requirements. But, quoting relevent case laws would also be an additional benefit if someone can do it.

Now, a query, do we need to mention relevant section etc of the law applicable to the question being answeried?

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If you define some important things like consideration,contract, invalid contract, void contract etc. then you can mention the relevant section. Otherwise no need for that. Don't waste your energies in learning these sort of things.Just try to Cram definitions but other things you can write in your own words.Use very simple Language.
One more thing I want to add here not only for mercantile law but also for other laws that students while writing in their own words completely change the meaning of the law due to which despite knowing and understanding the law they couldn't score much. So be careful in this regard.Writing skills matter not only in English papers but in Law papers as well.

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thank you mussaa for your reply and it indeed would of help to me and all those students who will be appearing for mercantile law, but can you also recommend me some books and the important areas as well.. i would really appreciate..

plz share ur score in mercantile law paper 2010..

I couldn't find Arbitration Act and Insurance Act, let alone Companies Act.

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