Northern Ireland law concerns the legal system in Northern Ireland. Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official Languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked 4th UK 13,843...

Background

For the purposes of Public International Law the United Kingdom is divided into three states each with a separate legal system and jurisdiction: International law deals with the relationships between states, or between persons or entities in different states. ... For the purposes of Public International Law and Private International Law, a state is a defined group of people, living within defined territorial boundaries and subject, more or less, to an autonomous legal system exercising jurisdiction through properly constituted courts. ... In law, jurisdiction from the Latin jus, juris meaning law and dicere meaning to speak, is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted body or to a person to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility. ...

• English law, in England and Wales
• Scots law, in Scotland
• Northern Ireland law

English law is a formal term of art that describes the law for the time being in force in England and Wales. ... Scots law (or Scottish law) is the law of Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...

See also

Legislatures

• Northern Ireland Assembly
• Parliament of Northern Ireland
• House of Commons of Northern Ireland
• Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention

The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention 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. ...

Legal system

• Courts of Northern Ireland
• Northern Ireland Court Service
• Advocate General for Northern Ireland
• Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
• Law Society of Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system — England and Wales have one system, Scotland another, and Northern Ireland a third. ... The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is the department of the government of Norther Ireland responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in Northern Ireland. ...

Policing

• Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland
• Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
• Northern Ireland Policing Board
• Royal Ulster Constabulary
• Royal Irish Constabulary

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is the police service that covers Northern Ireland. ... The Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland was established in 1998, as part of the Belfast Agreement. ... The Northern Ireland Policing Board is the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, charged with supervising the activities of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ... The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was name of the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. ... The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was one of Irelands two police forces in the early twentieth century, alongside the Dublin Metropolitan Police. ...

Laws

• List of Acts of the Northern Ireland Parliament
• List of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• List of Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
• List of Orders in Council for Northern Ireland
• Prevention of Terrorism Act (Northern Ireland)

This is a list of Acts passed by the Parliament of Northern Ireland. ... This is a list of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly passed by that body during its existence between 2000 and 2002 when it was suspended. ... This is an incomplete list of Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland. ... The is a list of Orders in Council for Northern Ireland which are primary legislation for the province when the it is being directly ruled from London and also for those powers not devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Prevention of Terrorism Acts were a series of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1989, which conferred emergency powers upon police forces where they suspected terrorism. ...

Other

• Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• The Troubles
• Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission this is where everyone makes friends and treats each other nicely :) ... The Troubles is a generic and euphemistic term used to describe a period of sporadic communal violence involving paramilitary organisations, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the British Army and others in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s with the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998. ... This article deals with the issue of a shoot-to-kill policy during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. ...

External links

• The judicial system in Northern Ireland, by Directgov
• PDF - Northern Ireland law - Law Library Guide, Queen's University, Belfast
• British and Irish Legal Information Institute
• legal-island.com
• Law Centre (NI)