NATIVE LAW AND CUSTOM IN EGBALAND

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

from custom constitution to custom constitutional law

from the perspective of experts, custom as moral rules binding takesplace in source of law. however, clarify its position in constitutional lawneeds to know history of custom presence in basic documents which governon human societies. known dividing constitutions into two main categories,codified and customary, only will be clarified part of the extensive.because above division, as many experts...

Custom, Normative Practice, and the Law

Legally binding custom is conventionally analyzed in terms of two independent elements: regularities of behavior (usus) and convictions of actors engaging in the behavior that it is legally required (opinio juris). This additive conception of custom is deeply flawed. This Essay argues that we must abandon the additive conception and replace it with an account of custom that understands legally ...

Nature, Custom, and Stipulation in Law and Jurisprudence

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Is Native Title Law Destroying Native Title?