By Source of Law

In General:

Arranged

alphabetically (caselaw, international texts)
by type (state-centered, international bodies, custom)

Sources of Law in International Law

Treaties
Custom: Customary International Law (CIL)
General Principles of Law
Judicial Decisions: International Court of Justice and others.
Legal Scholarship

treaties

definition of implementation
difference between ratified and unratified

by jurisdiction and/or
by legal tradition

treaties between states
contracts between states and transnational corporations

legal status of various international or national bodies

national courts (and explanation of their hierarchy by jurisdiction
international bodies (structure of the WTO, WB, UN, WIPO, for example)

US:
a) Enacted Law
b) Caselaw: Common Law Caselaw and Caselaw interpreting Enacted Law

Primary Sources of Law versus Secundary Sources of Law
Substantive Law vs. Procedural Law
Secondary Sources of Law
A.Legal Encyclopedias
B.Treatises and Practice Manuals
C.Legal Periodicals
D.A.L.R.Â’s
E.Restatements of the Law
F.Other Secondary Sources
G.Digests and Citators
1.Digests
2.Citators

Primary Sources of Law
A.Constitutions
B.Statutes
C.Regulations
D.Legislative-History Sources
E.Cases
F.Court Rules
G.Other Primary Authorities

Africa:

Sources of Nigerian Law 18
Statutory Law 19
English Law 21
Public Law 23
Private Law 25
Substantive Law 27
Adjective Law 27
Common Law 27
Equity 28
Case Law/Precedent 29
Customary Law 31
Islamic Law 37
Criminal Law and Procedure 38
Civil Law

Europe:

Sources of EC Law and EC Legislation
2.1 Introduction 33
2.2 Classification into Primary, Secondary and
Tertiary Sources of Law 35
2.3 Primary Sources 37
2.3.1 The EC, ECSC, EAEC Treaties and
Related Acts 37
2.3.2 Intermezzo: The Necessity of
Additional Sources of Law 38
2.3.3 General Principles of Law 39
2.3.4 International Treaties Concluded by
the EC

condary Sources 41
2.4.1 Legislation 41
2.4.1.1 The Concept of Legislation in EC Law 41
2.4.1.2 The Purposes of Harmonisation and
Unification 45
2.4.1.3 Regulations 46
2.4.1.4 Directives 48
2.4.2 ‘Individual’ Decisions 52
2.4.3
Sui Generis
Decisions 53
2.4.4 Relations between the Secondary Sources 54
2.5 Tertiary Sources 55
2.6 ‘In-Between’ Sources 56
2.6.1 Agreements Concluded between
the Member States 56
2.6.2 Case Law

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Secondary Legislation: Statutory Instruments. Most subordinate legislation is made by Government Ministers under powers conferred on them by Acts

Chapter 2 – Legislation
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Legislation as a Source of Law
2.2.1 Sources of Legislation vs. Legislation as a Source of Law
2.2.2. What Counts as Legislation?
2.2.3. Codification vs. Consolidation
2.2.4. Statutory Interpretation
2.2.5. Legislation and Common Law
2.2.6. Legislation vs. Adjudication
2.3. Legislation vs. Sovereignty
2.4. Taking Legislation Seriously
2.5. Conclusion
Chapter 3 – Precedent
3.1. A Characterization of Precedent
3.2. The Functioning of Precedent in Law
3.2.1. The Doctrine of Stare Decisis
3.2.2. Binding vs. Persuasive Precedent
3.2.3. The Ratio Decidendi of a Precedent
3.3. Precedent and Legislation
3.4. The Modalities of Binding Precedent
3.4.1. Precedent and Logical Necessity
3.4.2. Precedent and Rule-scepticism
3.4.3. Precedent and Judicial Comity
3.5. Precedent, Bindingness, and Ruleness
3.5.1 Precedent and HartÂ’s Social Rules
3.5.2. Precedent, Wittgenstein and Rule-following
3.5.2.1. Wittgenstein and Following a Rule
3.5.2.2. Precedent and Following a Rule
3.6. The Justification of Precedent
3.6.1 Introduction
3.6.2. The Structure of Stare Decisis
3.6.3. The Justification of Precedent
Chapter 4 – Custom
4.1. Historical Foundations of Custom as a Source of Law
4.1.1. From Social Norm to Common Law
4.1.2. General Custom and Local Custom
4.2. The Conceptual Framework for Custom
4.3. The Common Law Rules for the Validity of Custom
4.4. Puzzles Concerning Custom as a Source of Law
4.4.1. Reasonableness
4.4.2. Derivation and Abrogation
Chapter 5 – Delegation
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Labour Arbitration
5.2.1. A Sketch of Labour Arbitration Law
5.2.2. Res judicata & Collateral Estoppel
5.2.2.1. Statement of the Principle
5.2.2.2. Status Under Arbitration Jurisprudence
5.2.2.3. Emergence of the Principles
5.2.2.4. Assessment
5.2.3. Stare Decisis
5.2.3.1. Statement of Principle
5.2.3.2. Status Under Arbitration Jurisprudence
5.2.3.3. Emergence of “Quasi-stare decisis”
in Arbitration jurisprudence
5.2.3.4. Assessment
5.2.4. Conclusion
5.3. Mediation
5.3.1. Introduction
5.3.2. The Saskatchewan Farm Security Act
5.3.2.1. The Provisions of the Act
5.3.2.2. Assessment
5.3.3. The Alberta Human Rights Act
5.3.3.1. The Provisions of the Act
5.3.3.2. Assessment
5.3.4. Other Examples of Mediation
5.4. Conclusion
Chapter 6 – Constitutions
6.1. Definitional Issues
6.1.1. The “Thin” Sense of “Constitution”
6.1.2. The “Thick” Sense of ‘Constitution”
6.1.3. Constitutional Conventions
6.1.4. Prima Facie Grounds for Constitutions as Sources
of Law
6.1.5. The Fundamental Challenge
6.2. The Supreme Court of Canada and “Reading in”
6.3. The High Court of Australia and Implied Rights
6.4. The Supreme Court of Canada and Unwritten Constitutional Law
6.4.1. Unwritten Principles as Fundamental Law
6.4.2. “New Brunswick Broadcasting”
6.4.3. The “Provincial Judges” Case
6.4.4. The “Quebec Secession” Case
6.5. Conclusions
Chapter 7 – Sources of Law in the Civil Law
(by Antonino Rotolo)
7.1. Introduction. The Theoretical Framework: Basic Concepts
on the Sources of Law in Continental Legal Doctrine
7.2. Constitution and Legislation
7.2.1. The Historical Background. The Rechtsstaat and the
Paradigm of Legislation in Continental Legal Doctrine
7.2.2. The Change of Paradigm: Contemporary Constitutional
Democracies
7.3. Other Sources of Law
7.3.1. Some Notes on Private Autonomy and Precedent
7.3.1.1. Private Autonomy
7.3.1.2. Judicial Decision and Precedent
7.3.2. Custom
7.3.3. The Role of EC/EU Law: A Sketch
Chapter 8 International Law
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Article 38
8.3. Treaties
8.4. Customary International Law
8.4.1. Introduction
8.4.2. State Practice
8.4.3. Opinio Juris
8.5. General Principles
8.5.1. General Principles of Municipal Law
8.5.2. Jus Cogens
8.6. Conclusion
Chapter 9 – Authority
9.1. Deeply and Contextually Justified Authority: First Thoughts
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7.3.1. Law-sources …………………………………………………………………. 237
7.3.1.1. Hard (or binding) law- sources ………………………………… 239
7.3.1.1.1.. Juridical precepts …………………………………………….. 239
7.3.1.1.2. Decisions ………………………………………………………… 240
7.3.1.1.3. Customary law…………………………………………………. 241
7.3.1.2. Soft Law………………………………………………………………… 242
7.3.1.2.1. Preparatory work ……………………………………………… 242
7.3.1.2.2. Statements by the Parliamentary Ombudsman…….. 243
7.3.1.2.3. Legal Literature describing already Existing Rules or
Law ………………………………………………………………………………. 243
7.3.1.2.4. Private source of law ………………………………………… 245
7.3.1.2.5. Legal Cultural Tradition……………………………………. 246
7.3.2. Use of the source of law ………………………………………………… 246
7.3.3. Interpretation of the law-sources ……………………………………. 247
7.3.3.1. Statutes………………………………………………………………….. 248
7.3.3.2. Court decisions – Finding Precedential Authority..