Sources of Legal Authority

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SUPRA-NATIONAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS

Sources of legal authority include the following:

  1. SUPRA- NATIONAL

    • United Nations resolutions (can be either substantive or procedural)

    • International Court of Justice

    • Other international agreements that apply to signatories (e.g. The World Trade Organisation sets rules on trade between member states)

    • European Parliament

    • European Courts

  2. NATIONAL

    • National Governments through Acts of Parliament

    • Senior Courts (e.g. House of Lords in UK, The Supreme Court in the USA)

    • Other major courts through the principles of case law and the setting of precedents

  3. REGIONAL

    • Regional/Federal Government (e.g. Welsh assembly in the UK, State Government in the USA)

    • Local councils can issue by-laws in many countries (a law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision)

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