The Nature Of Customary Law

Author : Amanda Perreau-Saussine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139463217
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Customary Law written by Amanda Perreau-Saussine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some legal rules are not laid down by a legislator but grow instead from informal social practices. In contract law, for example, the customs of merchants are used by courts to interpret the provisions of business contracts; in tort law, customs of best practice are used by courts to define professional responsibility. Nowhere are customary rules of law more prominent than in international law. The customs defining the obligations of each State to other States and, to some extent, to its own citizens, are often treated as legally binding. However, unlike natural law and positive law, customary law has received very little scholarly analysis. To remedy this neglect, a distinguished group of philosophers, historians and lawyers has been assembled to assess the nature and significance of customary law. The book offers fresh insights on this neglected and misunderstood form of law.

Author : Amanda Perreau-Saussine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521115568
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Customary Law written by Amanda Perreau-Saussine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some legal rules are not laid down by a legislator but grow instead from informal social practices. In contract law, for example, the customs of merchants are used by courts to interpret the provisions of business contracts; in tort law, customs of best practice are used by courts to define professional responsibility. Nowhere are customary rules of law more prominent than in international law. The customs defining the obligations of each State to other States and, to some extent, to its own citizens, are often treated as legally binding. However, unlike natural law and positive law, customary law has received very little scholarly analysis. To remedy this neglect, a distinguished group of philosophers, historians and lawyers has been assembled to assess the nature and significance of customary law. The book offers fresh insights on this neglected and misunderstood form of law.

Author : Taslim Olawale Elias
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719002212
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of African Customary Law written by Taslim Olawale Elias and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1956 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674604810
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of the Common Law written by Melvin Aron Eisenberg and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common law rules predominate in some areas of law, such as torts and contracts, and are extremely important in other areas, such as corporations. Nevertheless, it has been unclear what principles courts use—or should use—in establishing common law rules. In this lucid book, Melvin Eisenberg develops the principles that govern this process.

Author : Amanda Perreau-Saussine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780511274961
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Customary Law written by Amanda Perreau-Saussine and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of philosophers, historians and lawyers assess the nature and significance of customary law.

Author : Jeanmarie Fenrich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139497820
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of African Customary Law written by Jeanmarie Fenrich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-18 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book promotes discussion and understanding of customary law and explores its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. It considers the characteristics of customary law and efforts to ascertain and codify customary law, and how this body of law differs in content, form and status from legislation and common law.

Author : Noora Arajärvi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134067275
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Changing Nature of Customary International Law written by Noora Arajärvi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the evolution of customary international law (CIL) as a source of international law. Using the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as a key case study, the book explores the importance of CIL in the development of international criminal law and focuses on the ways in which international criminal tribunals can be said to change the ways in which CIL is formed and identified. In doing so, the book surveys the process and substance of CIL, as well as the problematic distinction between the elements of state practice and opinio juris. By applying an inclusive positivist approach, Noora Arajärvi analyses the methodologies of identification of CIL in selected cases of the ICTY, and their normative foundations. Through examination of the case-law and the reasoning of courts and tribunals, Arajärvi demonstrates to what extent the court's chosen method of identification of CIL affects the process of custom formation and the resulting system of norms in general. The book will be of great value to researchers and scholars of international law, international relations, and practitioners with interests in customary international law.

Author : Casper Njuguna
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498584411
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Customary Law written by Casper Njuguna and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa is the emerging continent of the twenty-first century and will continue to play a major role in the world politics and trade. At the center of the African experience is customary law, which remains one of the most important and quintessential forms of legal, political, and social organization and regulation in the sub-Saharan landscape. Using qualitative and quantitative data, Casper Njuguna, sets a framework for understanding the hybrid nature of this law and creates an appropriate new moniker for it—Neo-Autogenous Sub-Saharan Law (NAS law). This systematic and empirical analysis addresses philosophical issues like human rights, property rights, women’s rights, individual rights and freedoms, family relations, social structures, and political loyalties, which span beyond Africa and African scholars.

Author : Peter Onyango
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9966031928
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Customary Law: An Introduction written by Peter Onyango and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013-12-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is a Don at the School of Law, University of Nairobi Kenya and a development consultant with various NGOs and other international bodies in Eastern Africa region and Italy. He is a researcher and writer of articles and texts on matters concerning law and culture. Dr. Onyango is an expert in modern legal science with wide knowledge of law ranging from comparative legal system, international public law, ethics, philosophy, theology, sociology, mass media and social realities today. He is currently teaching Social Foundations of Law, Customary Law, International Public Law and International Relations at the University of Nairobi and he is a part-time lecturer at St. Pauls University. Among his publication are Cultural Gap and Economic Crisis in Africa and, Dholuo Grammar for Beginners.

Author : David C. Buxbaum
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401762163
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Law and Customary Law in Asia written by David C. Buxbaum and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: