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Classifications of Law
There are three main ways by which the commonwealth Caribbean laws are
classified. These are:
1) By subject matter, for example, tort, contract and real property;
2) By function, for example, substantive, procedural, civil and criminal
law;
3) By concept, for example, private law and public law.
All laws of the land fall under a very specific area of law. These areas help us
to readily identify the relevant issue being made reference to. These specific
areas of law are classified as subject matter of law. Thus if one speaking
about appropriateness of sentencing, this would be issue under criminal law;
or if one is speaking about the adequacy of the fundamental rights, this
would fall under constitutional law; other example of subject area of law
include, tort, contract etc.
The person acted in ways that gave the police a reason to believe he or
she was intoxicated
The person was over the legal limit per a field sobriety and/or
Breathalyzer test
Once these things are proven, the person can be taken into custody. Next,
procedural law will determine the steps the case must take.
Our legal system is made up of both a criminal justice system and a civil
justice system. These two systems exist to deal with two different types of
laws (criminal law and civil law) that have very different consequences if
they are broken. As civil and criminal law have different purposes, different
systems for dealing with them have developed.
- CRIMINAL LAW 1.
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6.
- CIVIL LAW 1.
2.
provide redress
3.
4.
of
probabilities
5.
the legal system e.g. contract and labour laws. Private law concerns
the smooth running of a society and covers areas in everyday life such
as work, business dealings, employment, and education.
2.
Examples: law
of
tort,
contract
law,
law
of
succession,
employment law, property law, family law, labour law, commercial law,
etc.
PUBLIC LAW
1.
government
e.g. constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law.
2.
There are 3 main types of law that fall into public law category: