Supreme Court of Ghana

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The Supreme Court of Ghana is the country’s apex judicial body, responsible for final appeals and constitutional interpretation within Ghana’s legal system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ghana Supreme Court ⓘ
appliesLaw Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
case law of Ghana ⓘ
statutory law of Ghana ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForJudges President of Ghana on advice of Judicial Council and approval of Parliament ⓘ
branchOf Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
canDeclare acts of Parliament unconstitutional ⓘ
canReview its own previous decisions ⓘ
canSitAs full bench ⓘ
constitutionalBasis 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countryOfJurisdiction Ghana ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver appeals from the Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
constitutional interpretation in Ghana ⓘ
enforcement of fundamental human rights in Ghana ⓘ
parliamentary election disputes in Ghana ⓘ
presidential election petitions in Ghana ⓘ
hasFunction final determination of civil appeals ⓘ
final determination of criminal appeals ⓘ
interpretation of legislation ⓘ
settlement of constitutional disputes ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasPosition Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
hasPower appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
original jurisdiction in constitutional matters ⓘ
supervisory jurisdiction over lower courts ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Ghana ⓘ
jurisdiction Ghana ⓘ
legalSystem Ghanaian law ⓘ
common law ⓘ
locatedIn Accra ⓘ
Greater Accra Region ⓘ
Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana
minimumNumberOfJustices 9 ⓘ
oversees Court of Appeal of Ghana ⓘ
High Court of Ghana ⓘ
partOf judicial branch of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Ghana
role apex court in Ghana ⓘ
final court of appeal in Ghana ⓘ
interprets the Constitution of Ghana ⓘ

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

Government of Ghana → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
judicial branch of Ghana → headedBy → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
judicial branch of Ghana → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → includesCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Judiciary of Ghana → superiorCourtsInclude → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ghana → alsoKnownAs → Ghana Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Ghana
Constitution of Ghana → establishesBody → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs → subjectTo → Supreme Court of Ghana in matters of law ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Ghana
Chief Justice of Ghana → headOf → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ghana → jurisdiction → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Regional Tribunals of Ghana → subordinateTo → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Fourth Republic of Ghana → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
District Courts of Ghana → relatedTo → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Ghana → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Ghana → bindingPrecedentFrom → Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
Constitutional offices of Ghana → includesOffice → Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Ghana