concept, read how the concept is applicable in practice and analyse how different authors view the concept. Law of Tort As Applying Developed Your Legal System and Legal Method lessons will be very handy in the Law of Torts. Law of Tort is a ready example of how you actually apply the principles you learnt in your Legal System and Legal Method. Legal profession is a very thorough and systematic profession. As a law student, you will be called upon to use many different sources of information to analyse legal problems. A lawyer’s most important sources of information, however, are PRIMARY sources of law. Primary sources in law include both Case Law (Judicial Decisions) and enacted law (Constitutions, Acts of Parliament, Ordinances, and Subsidiary Legislation). These are the formal sources of enforceable legal rules in Tanzania. You should
12 be in a position now to determine their respective hierarchies, binding status and persuasive values. Hierarchical Nature of Laws Statutes are enacted by legislative bodies that are constitutionally empowered to exercise the legislative function within a jurisdiction. Enacted Laws, like Case Law, are hierarchical and differ in their binding authority. At the top of that hierarchy is the Constitution, then Act of Parliament/Ordinances, then Subsidiary Legislation. Courts and indeed Case Law are also hierarchical and differ in their binding authority. Under our Legal system, analysis of a problem is controlled by the decisions of earlier cases that involved issues and facts similar to those in a case under investigation.
