The legal system of Fiji is classified as a common law system, based on English common law. As in other common law jurisdictions, judge-made case precedent sits alongside statute as a binding source of law. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Example Jurisdictions Law of Fiji
Filter Results1 entry
Connections
In Legal Family
Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
Includes
Source Constitution of Fiji (Wikipedia)
Source Daniel Fatiaki (Wikipedia)
Source Joni Madraiwiwi (Wikipedia)
Source Kamal Kumar (Wikipedia)
Source Salesi Temo - Wikipedia
Source Timoci Tuivaga (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Fiji, found in there.
Sources
1. List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
Introduction, jurisdictions using it
The contemporary national legal systems are generally based on one of four major legal traditions: civil law, common law, customary law, religious law or combinations of these.
In Legal Family: Common Law, Section: Common law
Fiji
View the SourceConstitution of Fiji (Wikipedia)
Includes: Constitution of Fiji, Lead sectionQuote, Includes: Constitution of Fiji, Lead section
The Constitution of Fiji is the supreme law of Fiji.
Salesi Temo - Wikipedia
Includes: Salesi Temo, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Salesi Temo, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Fijian jurist
Timoci Tuivaga (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Timoci Tuivaga, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Timoci Tuivaga, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Fijian judge
Kamal Kumar (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Kamal Kumar, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Kamal Kumar, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Fijian jurist who served as Chief Justice of F
Joni Madraiwiwi (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Joni Madraiwiwi, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Joni Madraiwiwi, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a prominent Fijian lawyer
Daniel Fatiaki (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Daniel Fatiaki, IntroductionQuote, Includes: Daniel Fatiaki, Introduction
Taniela (Daniel) Vafo'ou Fatiaki CF (born 1954) was the Chief Justice of Fiji from 1 August 2002, when he succeeded Sir Timoci Tuivaga, till 5 December 2008.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.