judicial branch of Ghana

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The judicial branch of Ghana is the independent arm of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law, headed by the Supreme Court and overseen by the Chief Justice.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Judicial branch of Ghana 2
judicial branch of Ghana canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForChiefJustice President of Ghana ⓘ
basedIn Accra ⓘ
budgetControlledBy Government of Ghana ⓘ
canDeclare unconstitutionality of laws ⓘ
characteristic independent ⓘ
chiefJusticeAppointmentRequires approval by Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
consultation with Council of State ⓘ
collaboratesWith executive branch of Ghana ⓘ
legislative branch of Ghana ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
employs judges ⓘ
judicial staff ⓘ
magistrates ⓘ
ensures protection of fundamental human rights ⓘ
rule of law in Ghana ⓘ
function adjudication of civil cases ⓘ
adjudication of criminal cases ⓘ
interpretation of the Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
guaranteedBy separation of powers ⓘ
hasDisciplinaryBody Judicial Council of Ghana ⓘ
hasJurisdiction entire territory of Ghana ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
hasProfessionalBody Ghana Bar Association ⓘ
headedBy Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
includesCourt Circuit Courts ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts ⓘ
High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Regional Tribunals ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
overseenBy Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
partOf Government of Ghana ⓘ
protects constitutional order of Ghana ⓘ
provides appellate review of lower court decisions ⓘ
regulates conduct of judges ⓘ
role applying the law ⓘ
interpreting the law ⓘ
subjectTo Constitutional safeguards for judicial independence ⓘ
supervises lower courts of Ghana ⓘ
usesLegalSystem common law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
statutory law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Ghana → branch → judicial branch of Ghana ⓘ
Executive branch of Ghana → separateFrom → Judicial branch of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: judicial branch of Ghana
High Court of Ghana → partOf → Judicial branch of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: judicial branch of Ghana