Index

Abramson, Kara, 163

Adair, Kamille, xiv, xviii

Administrative law, xix, 53, 55—56, 62, 128-47

judicial review, 53-58, 73-74, 141 natural justice, 183, 186

Agreement Establishing the

Caribbean Court of Justice, 218

American Convention on Human

Rights, 112, 137

Antigua and Barbuda

Companies Act, 33

Constitution, 236

Antoine, Rose-Marie, xii, 9, 16

Bahamas, The

Constitution, 26, 261, 274 insurance law, 77, 80 judicial independence, 210

Bank of Jamaica, 34

Barbados

appointment of judges, 201

CCJ, 27-28

Companies Act, 33

Constitution, 115-17, 256, 261, 269, 274

insurance law, 80

unfair dismissal, 71

Belize

CCJ, 27

Constitution, 114, 225-47 constitutional reform, 236-44 constitutionalism, 225-47 human trafficking legislation, 149-75

judicial independence, 210, 240-43 Bennion, Francis, 122-23 Berry, David, viii, xi, xviii, xix

Brathwaite, Edward, 6

Brown, Sir George, 228

Bulkan, Arif, xxii, xxiii, 249

Caribbean Business Corporations Act 1985, 35, 39

Caribbean constitutions

Bills of Rights

Opening section, 269-70

Redress clause, 189 Savings law clauses, 220, 229-31

General, 20, 255 Special/specific, 181, 183, 185, 191

Special Acts, 253, 255.

conventions, 238-40 implied constitutional norms, 219-24, 248-75 judicial review, 179-98, 228-36, 261

ouster clauses, 256 Preambles, 235-36, 268-69 supremacy of the constitution, 13, 249-51

Westminster model, xvii, 205, 225­26, 229, 239, 240, 247, 261-63, 264, 270

Caribbean Court of Justice, vii-viii,

27- 31, 32, 118-20, 124-27, 128-47 AG v Joseph, vii-viii, xviii-xx,

28- 31, 118-20, 124-27, 136-47 death penalty and, 118-20 functions, xxiv

appellate jurisdiction, xxv original jurisdiction, xxvi-xxvii

Guyana, appellate jurisdiction, 217-19

international law, application of, 118-20, 124-27

legitimate expectations, 136-47 precedent, 28-31

Caribbean jurisprudence, ix-xiii, 3-32, 40, 41, 43, 50, 52, 76, 78, 123, 124, 146, 226 creolization, x-xi, 4, 6.

Caribbean Community

Caribbean Single Market and Economy, xxiv, xxvi, xxvii, 48, Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas 2001, xxv-xxvii, 48, 123-25, 253 Carnegie, Ralph, xxiv, 225, 249, 261,

262

Chuang, Janice, 164, 168, 169, 170 Common law

English law, xiii, 16, 17, 18, 29 fundamental rights and freedoms, xxi, 179-98

implied constitutional norms and, 273

international law, rules regarding use of, xviii, xix, 105-109 legal culture, ix, 8, 9. See also Precedent

Privy Council, 29 reception, 29

Company law complainant’s remedies, 44-45 director’s duties, 39-45

Constitutionalism, xxi-xxiv, 225-47 Constitutional interpretation, 19-22,

24, 117, 191, 245, 268 basic structure doctrine, 223, 267 generalia specialibus non derogant, 256

presumption of constitutionality, 220

Constitutional reform, xxii, 236-46 Wooding Commission, 240, 243

Convention against Transnational Crime 2000, 149

Corporate governance Business Judgment Rule, x, xiv, 41-42

codes, 45-49

legislation, 37-39. See also Company law

Criminal practice and procedure autrefois rule, 189

Death penalty, 14, 103-27

mandatory, 113-17 Demerieux, Margaret, vii, xviii, xxi, 17 Dicey, A.V., 192-93 Dominica

Companies Act, 33

Constitution, 222

Dualism, 104, 118-19. See also Monism and Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice

Employment law

constitutional protection of labour, 52-53, 57

contract of employment, 56, 63,

72-74

dismissal, 56-57, 66, 70 abolition of dismissal at pleasure, 74-75 unfair dismissals, 71, 72 wrongful dismissal, 67 judicial review, restrictions, 63-66 legitimate expectations, 60 privatization, xii, 51, 53, 58 procedural fairness, 59-60 public policy, 61 public sector employment, 72-75 remedies, 63-66, 69-71 English law

Caribbean, in the, 6-8 Environment, protection of, 232-33 European Convention for the

Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 179 Commonwealth Caribbean law, role in, 112-16

Family law

children born out of wedlock, xi, 21-26

common law marriage, xi Fiadjoe, Albert, 200, 225, 249 Fitzmaurice, Sir Gerald, and third view of relation of international

law and domestic law, 104—105

French Declaration of the Rights of Man, 193

Fundamental rights and freedoms, constitutional

common law and, 188—98 existing laws and, 182—88 rights

due process/protection of the law, 19, 112-13, 132, 135-36, 187-88, 248, 253, 259-60 freedom from discrimination, 26, 229

freedom of expression, 193-95, 228-29, 254

freedom of movement, 21 liberty, 183

property, 233-36, 245 to join a trade union, 15-17 work, 231-32.

Georges, Telford, viii, 19, 230

Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, 157, 163-64, 165, 168-69, 174. See also Human Trafficking

Globalization, vii, xi, xii, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xxiv-xxv, 3, 51, 148

Goldson, Suzanne, xiii-xv, xx

Guyana

Companies Act, 33 Constitution and judicial review, 261

human trafficking legislation, 148-75 insurance law, 80

judicial independence, 201-17

Hathaway, Oona, 153-54

Hintzen, Percy, 216

Huhn, Wilson, 9, 10

Human rights, vii-viii, xiv-xv, xviii, xxii, xxvii, 14, 66, 105, 109-23, 136, 145, 155, 159, 170, 174, 179-98, 200, 224, 234, 236, 268, 269, 274. See also Fundamental rights and freedoms, International treaties

Human trafficking, 148-75 assistance and protection provisions, 170-73 Caribbean legislation, 148-49, 151-56, 158-75

Definition of Exploitation, 156-64 Definition of Trafficking, 164-67 United States' Minimum Standards and Tier System, 149-53 United States Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 2000, 149-51, 153, 162, 170-71, 174-75

Indigenous peoples, rights of, 235-36 Inter-American Commission on

Human Rights, 109, 113, 123, 130

Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 112-13, 123

International law, 103-27 customary, 106, 122 use in domestic tribunals, xviii- xx, 104-109, 120-27. See also International treaties

International treaties common law and, 106-109 domestic tribunals, use by, 120-27 incorporation of, 107, 121, 125-26 Parliament, 108, 120 transplantation of, 153-56 travoux preparatories, 123, 161, 169 unincorporated, 107-109, 123, 140. See also International law

Insurance law, 76-100

Marine Insurance Act (UK) and regional equivalents, 78-79, 82-84, 90-99 rehabilitation legislation, 80-82 uberrimae fidei, doctrine of 76-100

Jackson, Leighton, vii, x, xii-xiii, xvi Jamaica

CCJ and, 217-18 Companies Act, 33 Constitution, 261

Financial Services Commission, 33 human trafficking legislation, 149-73

Jamaica Stock Exchange, 34

Joint Select Committee of Parliament in Jamaica on Companies Bill 2001, 42

Judicial independence, xxii, 199—224, 265-67

appointment of judges, 200-209 democracy and, 221, 224 entrenchment of, 217-18, 221 fundamental rights and, 220-22 security of tenure of judges, 209-13 the rule of law and, 253-54

Kempadoo, Kamala, 157

Legal Education, xvii, 3, 7, 8, 12, 14-15, 27, 31, 32

Wooding Report, 8, 14-15

Legal Reasoning, 9-27

common law/historical/precedential authority approach, 19 consciousness-of-self approach, 8 formalism, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17

Legal realism, xii

American, 11-12 Telford Georges, 19-24.

Legal Transplantation, xiii-xvi corporate governance legislation and codes, 39-49 human trafficking legislation, 154-56

Legitimate expectations, 60, 119-20, 128-47, 196-97

Caribbean constitutions, 128-47 due process/protection of the law, 132, 135-36

rule of law, 131, 141 substantive, 128, 129, 130, 136-47 unincorporated treaties, 140-42, 146

McIntosh, Simeon, 207-13, 227-28 231, 250

Miller, Jonathan, 155

Miriam, Kathy, 157

Monism, 104. See also Dualism and Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, 205-206, 219

Palermo Protocol on the Prevention, Suppression and Punishment of Trafficking in Persons 2000, 149, 153-75. See also Human trafficking

Patchett, Keith, 3, 6, 8, 27, 200

Precedent, 7-8, 12-14, 39

CCJ and decisions of Privy Council, 28-31

customary international law, 106 English precedents, application of, xiii, 14-18

Premdas, Ralph, 216

Privy Council, Judicial Committee of the, 13, 14, 27-29, 109-20, 129-36 death penalty and, 109-17 fundamental rights and, 180-95 decisions of Privy Council as precedent, 28-31

Guyana, removal of jurisdiction, 215-16

legitimate expectations and, 129-36

Robinson, Tracy, viii, xi, xxiii-xxiv, 236

Rule of law, 232-33, 240, 248, 251-56, 259-60, 270-74

access to justice, 236-37 democracy, 271 due process/protection of the law, 255-60, 274

legal certainty, 254-55

St Kitts and Nevis

Companies Act, 33 Constitution, 236

Insurance law, 77

St Lucia

Companies Act, 33 unfair dismissal, 71

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Constitution, 26

Insurance law, 77

Separation of powers, 126, 141, 221, 230, 253, 260, 263-65

Services Commissions

Judicial, 201, 205

Judicial and Legal, 211, 242

Public, 52

Simmons, Sir David, 83

Smith, Godfrey, xi, xxiii

Transnationalism, Legal, xvii—xx

Trinidad and Tobago

Companies Act, 33, 44

Employment law, 52, 71

Independence Constitution, 15,

19-20, 52, 132, 183, 193, 261

Wooding Commission, 240, 243

Ventose, Eddy, viii, xix, xx

Walcott, Lesley, xiii

Walters, Mark, 275

White, Dorcas, 4-6, 9, 13, 29, 32

Wooding, Sir Hugh, vii, ix, xi, 14-18