2nd Edition

Commonwealth Caribbean Law and Legal Systems

By Rose-Marie Belle Antoine Copyright 2008
488 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

488 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

488 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

Fully updated and revised to fit in with the new laws and structure in the Commonwealth Caribbean law and legal systems, this new edition examines the institutions, structures and processes of the law in the Commonwealth Caribbean. The author explores: - the court system and the new Caribbean Court of Justice which replaces appeals to the Privy Council - the offshore financial legal sector... Read more
Part 1: The Nature of the Law and Legal Systems and its Historical Precepts  Part 2: The Sources of Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean and Their Impact on the Legal System  Part 3: The Administration of Justice in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Biography

Rose-Marie Belle Antoine is the Professor of Labour Law and Offshore Financial Law at the University of the West-Indies.

"It not only sets out the salient features of the legal regimes and rules that apply within the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean but, more importantly, it provides an excellent account of the context within which whose regimes and rules are situated" - The Commonwealth Lawyer, Vol 18, No 1 (April 2009)