Legal Syestem of pakistan |Source of Law

   Legal system of Pakistan

In the legal system of Pakistan there are three laws which are running parallel.  

1)Federal laws;-

        The rules and regulation made by the parliament are called federal law.

Example;-

Constitution of Pakistan.

2)Provincial laws;-

         The rules and regulation made by the provincial assembles are called provincial law.

Example;-

Punjab Consumer Protection Act.

3)Administrative laws;-

   The rules and regulations which govern the activities of administrative agencies of the govt. it is consider a branch of public law .In Pakistan Administrative law is not a codified, written or well-defined law like the Contract Act, Penal Code, Transfer of Property Act, Evidence Act, Constitution of Pakistan, etc. It is an unwritten, uncodified or ‘Judge-made’ law. It has developed slowly in the wake of factual situations before courts

Example;-

 The University of Sargodha Ordinance 2002

                                                       Sources of law

Definition;-

Sources of law means the origin from where law or the binding rules of human conduct come into existence.

Types of sources of law;-

There are two types of sources of law .

1. Primary sources

· Statutes

· Case laws

· Adjudicate

2. Secondary sources

· Legal periodicals

· Encyclopedias

· Practicing material