Commonwealth Caribbean law and legal systems
By: Rose-Marie Belle Antoine.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781859418536
Subjects: Law -- Caribbean Area; Law -- West Indies, British; Law -- Commonwealth countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ( p. 435-439) and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical function of law in the West Indies : creating a future from a troubled past; title: Legal traditions : types of legal systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean; title: The hybrid legal systems of St Lucia and Guyana; title: The reception or imposition of English law and its significance to Caribbean jurisdictions; title: Introduction to sources of law; title: The written constitution as a legal source; title: The common law and the operation of the doctrine of judicial precedent in the commonwealth Caribbean; title: Equity as a source of law; title: Custom as a source of law; title: Convention as a source of law; title: International law as a source of law; title: Legislation as a source of law; title: Statutory interpretation; title: The court system of the Commonwealth Caribbean; title: The Privy Council; title: The renewed inititative towards a Caribbean court of justice; title: Specialised courts, tribunals and functions; title: The jury system; title: The office of the ombudsman; title: Alternative dispute mechanisms : arbitration, negotiation and commissions of inquiry.