Classification of Law
Classification by function
What is substantive and procedural law?
Domestic matters dealt with except divorce
What is Family court?
Legislation created by Parliament
What is Act or Parliament? / What is Primary Legislation?
Chapter 3
What is Bill of Rights/Fundamental Rights and Freedoms/Charter of Rights?
theory involving relationship between law and morality
What is Natural Law?
Burden of proof for criminal law
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
Formerly called Court of Petty Sessions
What is Lay Magistrate's Court?
penultimate step in a Bill becoming law is carried out by him
Who is the Governor General?
process where simple majority vote required to amend constitutional provision
What is ordinary legislative process?
founding father of legal positivism?
Who is Hobbes?
Burden of proof for civil law?
What is on a balance of probabilities?
Formerly called Resident Magistrates Court
What is Parish Court?
Another name for delegated legislation
What is Subsidiary Legislation ?
wait period for Bill to be submitted to Governor-General for assent.
What is delaying procedure?
he distinguished between laws properly so called and improperly so called
Who is John Austin?
Classification by concept
What is civil and criminal law?
Caribbean region's highest Court of Appeal
What is Caribbean Court of Justice?
acting outside of the scope of one's power
What is ultra vires?
clauses which merely codify existing common law rights
What are saving law clauses?
He says that law is a union of primary and secondary rules
Who is Hart?
Classified as contract law, real property and criminal law
What is classification by subject matter?
Also called the High Court
What is the Supreme Court?
What is Gazette?
provision giving Parliament power to make laws
According to Hart, this is the foundation of all rules
What is Rule of Recognition?