Judiciary of Ghana

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The Judiciary of Ghana is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law through the country’s system of courts, headed by the Chief Justice.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Judiciary of Ghana canonical 14
Courts of Ghana 2
judicial branch of Ghana 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
appliesLawThrough court system of Ghana ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of Ghana ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesRequires advice of Judicial Council of Ghana ⓘ
approval of Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
canDeclare acts of Parliament unconstitutional ⓘ
canReview executive actions for constitutionality ⓘ
coequalBranchWith Executive branch of Ghana ⓘ
Legislature of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
ensures access to justice in Ghana ⓘ
rule of law in Ghana ⓘ
guaranteedBy Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of civil cases ⓘ
adjudication of criminal cases ⓘ
interpretation of the Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
judicial review ⓘ
protection of fundamental human rights ⓘ
hasHead Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
hasJurisdiction territory of Ghana ⓘ
hasLevel lower courts ⓘ
superior courts of judicature ⓘ
hasPrinciple judicial independence ⓘ
headOfJudiciaryTitle Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
includesCourt Circuit Courts of Ghana ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana ⓘ
High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Regional Tribunals of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
isIndependentBranchOf Government of Ghana ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
lowerCourtsInclude Circuit Courts of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana ⓘ
overseenByBody Judicial Council of Ghana ⓘ
partOf state institutions of Ghana ⓘ
responsibleFor application of laws in Ghana ⓘ
interpretation of laws in Ghana ⓘ
superiorCourtsInclude Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
High Court of Ghana ⓘ
Regional Tribunals of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
symbol Coat of arms of Ghana ⓘ
typeOfCourtSystem hierarchical court system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Government of Ghana → judicialBody → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Parliament of Ghana → worksWith → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → branchOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → partOf → judicial branch of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Ghana
Regional Tribunals (Ghana) → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Regional Tribunals
District Courts of Ghana → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: District Courts
Judicial Council of Ghana → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ghana → headOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ghana → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Regional Tribunals of Ghana → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Circuit Courts of Ghana → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Circuit Courts of Ghana → partOf → Courts of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Ghana
Fourth Republic of Ghana → judicialBody → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
Directive Principles of State Policy (Ghana) → appliesTo → judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Ghana
District Courts of Ghana → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana → partOf → Courts of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Ghana
Court of Appeal of Ghana → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
High Court of Ghana → partOf → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ