Commonwealth Caribbean law and legal systems /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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New York :
Routledge-Cavendish,
2008.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Table of contents only http://vlex.com/source/54502 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.