Commonwealth Caribbean law and legal systems
The historical function of law in the West Indies : creating a future from a troubled past -- Legal traditions : types of legal systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- The hybrid legal systems of St Lucia and Guyana -- The reception or imposition of English law and its significance to Caribbean jur...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London u.a.
Routledge Cavendish
2008
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| Ausgabe: | 2. ed. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Commonwealth Caribbean series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The historical function of law in the West Indies : creating a future from a troubled past -- Legal traditions : types of legal systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- The hybrid legal systems of St Lucia and Guyana -- The reception or imposition of English law and its significance to Caribbean jurisdictions -- Introduction to sources of law -- The written constitution as a legal source -- The common law and the operation of the doctrine of judicial precedent in the commonwealth Caribbean -- Equity as a source of law -- Custom as a source of law -- Convention as a source of law -- International law as a source of law -- Legislation as a source of law -- Statutory interpretation -- The court system of the Commonwealth Caribbean -- The Privy Council -- The renewed inititative towards a Caribbean court of justice -- Specialised courts, tribunals and functions -- The jury system -- The office of the ombudsman -- Alternative dispute mechanisms : arbitration, negotiation and commissions of inquiry |
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| Beschreibung: | 1. publ. 1998 |
| Beschreibung: | XXXIX, 447 S 24cm |
| ISBN: | 1859418538 1-85941-853-8 9781859418536 978-1-85941-853-6 |