QUESTION 1 
Discuss the importance of communication to a lawyer and outline the qualities that a good piece 
of writing should possess. (20 marks) 
 
QUESTION 2 
(a) Discuss the significance of determining the ratio decidendi of a judgment (10 marks) 
(b) Discuss the role of legal reasoning in development of judicial precedent (10 marks) 
 
QUESTION 3 
Write short notes on the following: 
(a) Obiter dictum (5 marks) 
(b) Ratio decidendi (5 marks) 
(c) Overruled precedent (5 marks) 
(d) Distinguished precedent (5 marks) 
 
QUESTION 4 
Discuss the following classifications of law 
(a) National and international law (5 marks) 
(b) Common law and equity (5 marks) 
(c) Criminal Law and Civil Law (5 marks) 

(d) Law and Fact (5 marks) 
 
 
QUESTION 5 
Discuss broadly three indigenous and three foreign sources of the law of Kenya and what 
significance 
is attached to the 12th August 1897 in terms of receiving law in Kenya? (20 marks) 

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