SOURCES OF LAW OBJECTIVE To provide the candidate with a broad understanding of the Sources of Laws of Kenya: The Constitution Legislation Delegated Legislation. Statutes of General Application in force in England on 12th August 1897. Substance of Common Law and doctrines of equity. African Customary Law. Islamic Law. Hindu Law. Judicial Precedent (Case Law). INTRODUCTION The term sources of law literally means where rues of law are found. This chapter describes the origins of the rules
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SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW In a democratic government‚ the laws are established by a body of legislature. This means the legislative arm of government is responsible for the making of laws for the state (country) while in a military regime laws are established by a decree. However‚ the sources of IL are different from that of the state since the laws are derived from the agreements signed by the states involved and not an act of the legislatives function. Therefore‚ what are the sources of IL?
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------------------------------------------------- Sources of international law ------------------------------------------------- Sources of international law refers to where states‚ organizations‚ individuals and courts can find principles of international law. One broadly accepted definition of sources of international law includes Article 38 of the ICJ Treaty. According to this article‚ theInternational Court of Justice shall apply the following sources of law‚ ranked in order of precedence: a
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The ESSAY on topic : “Sources of WTO Law” By Julia Tkachenko The discussions of the sources of international law usually begin with a reference to Article 38 (1) of the Statute of International Court of Justice. The discussion of WTO sources shall not be an exception. It is also based on such an article‚ but is characterized in more specialistic narrow way. WTO law sources include: 1)WTO Agreements; 2)International custom; 3)The general principles of law; 4)Judical decisions (the reports
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Sources of Islamic Law There are four sources of Islamic Law. Primary Sources: The Holy Quran The Sunnahs of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) Secondary Sources: Ijma (Consensus) Qiyas (Analogy) The Holy Quran (القرآن) Muslims believe the Quran to be the direct words of Allah‚ as revealed to and transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Quran is the Most Fundamental Source of Islamic knowledge. All sources of Islamic law must be in essential agreement with the Qur’an. When the
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Sources of English Law By Christopher Richards 9/11/09 Executive Summary In this report I will be discussing the English Legal System‚ its structure and its primary sources. English law and its legal structure forms the basis of many countries common law legal system‚ this includes most commonwealth countries and the United States. English law falls into two broad categories: Civil law - derived from Roman law‚ it is applied when “wrongs” have been made against individuals; it is also know as
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This essay is going to summarize the sources of modern income tax statutes‚ summarize the objectives of modern income tax statutes and compare and contrast generally accepted accounting principles. There are three sources of modern income tax statutes which are legislative‚ executive and judicial. In this paper only the legislative and the executive will be discussed. The Internal Revenue Code‚ which consists of statutory provisions relating to Federal taxation‚ only existed as individual revenue
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Sources of Criminal Law. Statute/”The Book” vs. Common Law/Case Law A statute is a codified rule or written form of law. A statute identifies a particular rule of law or condition of a particular state or government. Each State has its own constitution; the states constitution and its laws are considered statutes. Generally‚ statutes are named through numbers or codes. Example: In Illinois‚ the definition of a forcible felony is found under : 720 ILCS 5/2-8. 720 is the criminal code‚ ILCS
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REACTION: SIN TAX LAW I am so glad of the very purpose of passing the sin tax law which is to protect the health and save the lives of the countrymen. This simply means that the government officials are concern about the good health of all Filipinos but this doesn’t mean that I am into this bill‚ for some reasons that the government or most of the senate themselves failed to look unto. Firstly‚ I would like to agree with
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Sources of Irish Law Constitution The 1937 Constitution‚ containing 50 articles‚ is the cornerstone of the Irish legal system. It lays down the rules that govern interactions between organs of the state and between the state and the individual. The legal system is based on common law tradition. It may be invoked by individuals to challenge the constitutionality of laws passed by the Oireachtas. Under the terms of Article 6 of the Constitution‚ sovereignty is vested in the Irish people. However
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