Primary Sources of Law

Primary Sources of Law:------


Sources of law are varied and advocates has  to tap all sources to get at the legal position. The following are the six primary sources from which law emanates:

1.     The Constitutional Law,

2.     The Statutory Law,

3.      The Judicial Precedents,

4.       The Conventional Law including Private International Law,

5.       The Justice,equity and good conscience.

6.       International Law.




Common Law principle is that "Ignorance of law is no excuse"   Nobody can plead that he had no knowledge of law when a violation is committed by him.