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FORM AND ANALYSIS.

THIRD YEAR (DEGREE AND DIPLOMA).

Mr. W. A. Laver.

1. Write an essay on the development of Sonata and Operatic Forms. State the composers who developed them, and in which way.

2. Give a brief account of Beethoven's and Wagner's emotional influence in the Dramatic forms. Quote works illustrating this.

HISTORY AND ESTHETICS OF MUSIC.

FIRST YEAR (DEGREE AND DIPLOMA).

Mr. W. A. Laver.

1. Write an essay on the Origin and Function of Music, as argued by Herbert Spencer.

2. Name the most important composers of the last and present centuries, and state in which branch of composition they excel.

HISTORY AND ESTHETICS OF MUSIC.

SECOND YEAR (DEGREE AND DIPLOMA).

Mr. W. A. Laver.

1. State the chief characteristic works of Palestrina, Bach, Mozart, Weber, Cliopin, Beethoven, and Wagner.

2. What are the Esthetic principles on which Form

is based?

3. Give Schopenhauer's reason for considering the effect of Music more direct than any of the other Arts.

HISTORY AND ESTHETICS OF MUSIC.

THIRD YEAR (DEGREE AND DIPLOMA).

Mr. W. A. Laver.

1. Write an essay on Wagner's Musical-dramatic Theory. Quote works.

2. Give a brief outline of the artistic (especially musical) theories of Herbert Spencer and Schopenhauer.

3. Write an essay on the emotional significance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

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JURISPRUDENCE.

The Board of Examiners.

PASS AND FIRST HONOURS PAPER.

Candidates should answer not more than EIGHT questions, and if questions 9 and 10 are included not more than SEVEN.

1. Consider the different meanings of Person and Thing in the Law.

2. Discuss the value of Possession as a legal institution.

3. What is the place of intention in tortious and contractual liability?

4. State the principal heads of the Law in a classification based on Duties.

5. Consider carefully the nature of Judiciary Law. The enactment of the Legislative Council of New South Wales used to be submitted to the Supreme Court for an opinion as to their validity. What was the character of the interpretation given?

6. What reasons are there for and against the inclusion of English Criminal Law and Procedure in Public Law?

7. What is the meaning and value of the remark that " an established sovereign government in respect of the positive law of its own independent community is neither lawful nor unlawful"?

8. What has been the influence of the progress of civilisation upon the importance of different

branches of the law?

9. State and account for the difference between the English and German schools of Jurisprudence.

10. Write a short note on the services of Bentham, Austin, and Maine to the study of the law.

ROMAN LAW.

The Board of Examiners.

Candidates must not answer more than EIGHT
questions.

1. Distinguish between Dominium ex jure Quiritium

and Possessio in bonis.

2. What are the characteristics of Obligatio?

3. Explain the following passage:

Idem juris est si quis quasi credendi causa pecuniam stipulatus fuerit neque numeravit. nam eam pecuniam a te petere posse eum certum est; dare enim te oportet, cum ex stipulatu tenearis: sed quia iniquum est eo nomine te condemnari, placet exceptione pecuniae non numeratae te defendi debere, cujus tempora nos, quod jam superioribus libris scriptum est, constitutione nostra coartavimus.

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4. In what cases could a woman claim to share in the inheritance of her husband?

5. Give an account of the introduction and final prevalence of the Cognitio Extraordinaria.

6. To what extent do dolus and culpa enter into delict?

7. Give an account of the development of criminal law and procedure at Rome.

8. What were the organs of direct legislation, and how did they affect the development of the law?

9. What were the objects of adoption? How was the law altered by Justinian?

10. What were the various kinds of peculium, and what rights were enjoyed therein?

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL HISTORY.
The Board of Examiners.

Candidates must not answer more than EIGHT
questions.

1. Explain Prerogative and Privilege. Consider the attitude of the Courts of Law towards each.

2. "The House of Commons is the House not of the commonalty but of the communities." Explain this statement, and consider how far it truly describes the House as constituted at present.