Law Of Northern Ireland

legal systems of the world today consist of civil law, common law and religious law. However, each country (see State (law)) often develops variations on each system or incorporates many other features into the system.
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The Union Flag is the official flag used by the government to represent Northern Ireland. The former official flag, the Ulster Banner, continues to be used by groups (such as some sports teams) representing the territory in an unofficial manner (see Northern Ireland flags issue).
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Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and international organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also affects multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement.
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State is a defined group of people, living within defined territorial boundaries and more or less subject to an autonomous legal system exercising jurisdiction through properly constituted courts.
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jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to
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English law, the legal system of England and Wales, is the basis of common law legal systems throughout the world (as opposed to civil law or pluralist systems in other countries, such as Scots law).
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England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws.
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Scotland

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Politics of Scotland

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Scottish Parliament
Scottish Executive
Presiding Officer
First Minister
Lord Advocate
Solicitor General
Members of Parliament (MSPs)
Local government
Elections
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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Northern Ireland Assembly

Type Unicameral

Speaker William Hay

Members 108
Political groups Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Alliance Party, Green Party and Progressive Unionist Party.
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Northern Ireland 1921-72

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Politics of Northern Ireland 1921-72

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Government
Governor of Northern Ireland
Privy Council
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
'''Executive Committee

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Northern Ireland 1921-72

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Politics of Northern Ireland 1921-72

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Government
Governor of Northern Ireland
Privy Council
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
'''Executive Committee

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The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland.
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The Courts of Northern Ireland are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Northern Ireland; they are constituted and governed by Northern Ireland law.
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The Northern Ireland Court Service runs the courts of Northern Ireland. It is a "unified and distinct civil service of the Crown"^[1], i.e. it is separate from both the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the UK (Home) Civil Service.
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The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is the department of the Northern Ireland Office responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in Northern Ireland.
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The Law Society of Northern Ireland is a body set up by Royal Charter in 1922 and whose powers and duties are to regulate the solicitors' profession in Northern Ireland with the aim of protecting the public.
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Police Service of Northern Ireland

Police Service of Northern Ireland area
Coverage
Area Northern Ireland
Size 13,843 km²
Population Approx 1.
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The Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland was established in 1998 as part of the Belfast Agreement, intended as a major step in the Northern Ireland peace process. Chaired by Conservative politician Chris Patten, it was better known as the Patten Commission.
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The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is intended to provide an independent, impartial police complaints system for the people and police under the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 and 2000.
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The Northern Ireland Policing Board is the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, charged with supervising the activities of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. It is composed of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and independent members of the community, who are
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The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC (RUC) (Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga Ulaidh) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 out of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC).
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The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) (Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann) was one of Ireland's two police forces in the early twentieth century, alongside the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
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list of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, from its first session in 1921 to suspension in 1972.

The short titles for these Acts were distinguished from those passed by the Westminster parliament by the insertion of the bracketed words "Northern Ireland" between the
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This is a list of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly passed by that body from its establishment in 2000 until its suspension in 2002 and from its re-establishment in 2007.

2000

• Allowances to Members of the Assembly Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 c.

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List of Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland is an incomplete list of Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland.

1922 to 1974

• List of Statutory Rules and Orders of Northern Ireland

1991

• List of Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland, 1991

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The is a list of Orders in Council for Northern Ireland which are primary legislation for the province when it is being directly ruled from London and also for those powers not devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Acts of Parliament of predecessor
states to the United Kingdom
Acts of English Parliament to 1601
Acts of English Parliament to 1641
Acts and Ordinances (Interregnum) to 1660
Acts of English Parliament to 1699
Acts of English Parliament to 1706
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The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is recognised as a member of the worldwide network of National institutions for human rights, a 'national human rights institution' or NHRI, although it operates at sub-national level. It came into existence on 1 March 1999.
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The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) is a term used to describe the latest instalment of periodic communal violence involving Republican and Loyalist paramilitary organisations, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the British Army and
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