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Law Optional UPSC Notes

Class notes of the UPSC law optional Foundation batch, as dictated by Aditya Tiwari Sir and arranged topic by topic as PDFs: Constitutional and Administrative Law (Lectures 1 to 11) and International Law (Lectures 12 to 18), with a Guide to start from.

How to use these notes

Good study material decides a lot in the UPSC Civil Services Examination, and law optional needs crisp, comprehensive and updated notes. These notes are a starting point: read a lecture PDF first, then build your own detailed notes from the books. It saves a lot of time.

The PDF buttons below open the notes folder on Google Drive. Each lecture is also on YouTube: use the Watch lecture button on the card, or watch all lectures on the lectures page.

Every lecture PDF contains

  • Topics to focus on
  • Type of question asked
  • Important concepts and judgments overview

Start here: the Guide

1 PDF

Constitutional and Administrative Law notes

11 lectures · PDF

Class notes of the Foundation batch, Lectures 1 to 11.

International Law notes

7 lectures · PDF

Class notes of the Foundation batch, Lectures 12 to 18.

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Courses For Law Optional UPSC

The Foundation batch these notes come from, online or in the classroom, and the Test Series.

  • Law optional Foundation (Online)

    Law Optional Foundation course is aimed at preparing you comprehensively from scratch for UPSC Mains Examination. Live online classes.

    Law optional coaching Batch: 20 November 2026
  • Law optional Foundation (Offline)

    The same Foundation course in the classroom at Karol Bagh, Delhi, taught by Aditya Tiwari Sir.

  • Test Series

    Test series for UPSC law optional aims to brush your writing skills to the standard of the UPSC answer.

    Law optional test series Batch: 29 May 2026

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