What’s on the Sources of Law poster
A 5-row table: Source · Made by · Status.
Source and authority.
- Constitution — Founding or amending process — Highest, where one exists
- Legislation — Parliament or legislature — Binds courts
- Delegated legislation — Ministers under statute — Valid within delegated power
- Case law — Judges deciding disputes — Binding via precedent
- International treaty — States, then incorporated — Depends on the system
Educational reference. The hierarchy differs fundamentally between systems with and without constitutional review of legislation.
Questions about the Sources of Law poster
- What’s on the Sources of Law poster?
- A 5-row table: Source · Made by · Status. Source and authority. Constitution — Founding or amending process — Highest, where one exists; Legislation — Parliament or legislature — Binds courts; Delegated legislation — Ministers under statute — Valid within delegated power; Case law — Judges deciding disputes — Binding via precedent; International treaty — States, then incorporated — Depends on the system. Educational reference. The hierarchy differs fundamentally between systems with and without constitutional review of legislation.
- Who is the Sources of Law poster for?
- Sources of Law belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning the legal system can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Sources of Law poster?
- Legislation, case law, and in some systems a written constitution above both. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Sources of Law belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Sources of Law?
- Access to Justice, Resolving Disputes Without Trial and Proof sit alongside Sources of Law in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Access to JusticeResolving Disputes Without TrialProof
- Is the Sources of Law poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Sources of Law downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Sources of Law poster print at?
- Sources of Law is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Sources of Law loses nothing.Printing guide
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