GEOLOGY 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Lex Mercatoria, Precedent, Twelve Tables
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Week 1 tutorial 1/ study task: sources of law. Law- rules ( multidimensional) legal rules moral rules established by state organs ( collective enforcement) * really right can be easily connected with moral rules/morality. * positive law = law that has been laid down by legislation. = brings some legal certainty decided by legislation/ judicial decisions. = no authority needed it is preferred because it gives you: - certainty of content of law. Characteristics of law: multidimensional, formed as rules, contains terms and definitions: roman law // common law. Starts with tribal customary law which represents law of the people (roman people only) and it is shared by families, tribes first. : public international law = body of law that governs the relations between states. When the population started culture/language which followed quickly with the creation of a nation. increasing, what bonded them together was their: customary law. = transgenerational, natural and rational (making it unchangeable)
