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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, MONA.
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

LAW, GOVERNANCE, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY (FOUN 1301)
SEMESTER I, 2013/14
Lecturers
Aieka Smith (Monday 2:00pm -4:00 pm GLT3 McIntyre Building & Monday 5-7 pm Pre Clinical Lecture Theatre)
Lorraine Patterson (Monday 11:00 am-1:00 pm Interfaculty Lecture Theatre)
Hazelle Jones (Wednesday 2:00 pm-4:00 pm C5Chemistry Lecture Theatre)

Course Coordinator
Aieka Smith Office: I209 McIntyre Building, Email:aieka_smith@yahoo.com

TUTORIAL WORKSHEET

Week 1

1. Is there any point in the University of the West Indies requiring that Pure and Applied Sciences, Medical, and Humanities students pursue a course entitled "Law, Governance, Economy and Society"? And what is the meaning of "governance" anyway?

Week 2

Preliminary

2. The following abbreviations may be encountered in the practice of law. What does each one mean?
(a) WIR (b) BYIL (c) IACHR (d) JCPC (e) Carib. LR
(f) AC (g) All ER (h) WILJ (i) UDHR. (J) ICCPR

3. The following expressions are sometimes used in discussions concerning law, and occasionally, in other contexts. What does each one mean?
(a) Stare decisis (b) Habeas corpus (c) Juris doctor (d) a fortiori
(e) inter alia (f) onus probandi (g) inter arma silent leges.

4. State the sub-title of each of the following West Indian works and give a brief overview of each (a paragraph):
(a) Persistent Poverty, by George Beckford
(b) A Voice at the Workplace, by Michael Manley
(c) Dread, by Joseph Owens
(d) The Black Jacobins, by C.L.R. James
(e) Learning to be a Man, by Barry Chevannes

Sources of Law and Administration of Justice

5. What do you understand by the phrase "common law"?
b. Give a brief outline of the doctrine of judicial precedent as it applies in the courts of the Caribbean country of your choice.

6. Describe the hierarchy of courts in Jamaica, or in any other
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