Chief Justice of Liberia

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The Chief Justice of Liberia is the head of the country’s Supreme Court and judiciary, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and presiding over major constitutional and legal matters.

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Label Occurrences
Chief Justice of Liberia canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government position ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appointedBy President of Liberia ⓘ
appointmentRequires confirmation by the Liberian Senate ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Liberia ⓘ
country Liberia ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver judges of subordinate courts in Liberia ⓘ
judicial administration in Liberia ⓘ
hasPower administer oaths required by law ⓘ
assign justices to panels of the Supreme Court of Liberia ⓘ
promulgate rules of practice and procedure for Liberian courts ⓘ
heads Supreme Court of Liberia ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Liberia ⓘ
linked to: Liberia
legalBasis Constitution of Liberia ⓘ
legalSystem mixed common law and customary law system of Liberia ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Montserrado County ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of Liberia ⓘ
nativeLanguageOfOffice English ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Constitution of Liberia of 1847 ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Chea Cheapoo ⓘ
Emmanuel Gbalazeh ⓘ
Francis S. Korkpor ⓘ
Henry Reed Cooper ⓘ
James A. A. Pierre ⓘ
Johnnie N. Lewis ⓘ
Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh ⓘ
overseesBody Judicial Branch of Liberia ⓘ
participatesIn constitutional review in Liberia ⓘ
judicial review of legislation in Liberia ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Liberia ⓘ
residence Monrovia ⓘ
role ensures independence of the judiciary ⓘ
head of the judiciary of Liberia ⓘ
interprets the Constitution of Liberia ⓘ
issues judicial directives and rules of court ⓘ
oversees administration of justice in Liberia ⓘ
presides over major constitutional cases ⓘ
presides over major legal matters ⓘ
presiding officer of the Supreme Court of Liberia ⓘ
supervises lower courts in Liberia ⓘ
seat Temple of Justice, Monrovia ⓘ
style Her Honor ⓘ
His Honor ⓘ
successorOfficeConfirmedBy Constitution of Liberia of 1986 ⓘ
symbolizes supreme judicial authority in Liberia ⓘ
termLength tenure defined by Liberian constitutional and statutory law ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

presidential oath of office of Liberia → administeredBy → Chief Justice of Liberia ⓘ
judicial branch of Liberia → headedBy → Chief Justice of Liberia ⓘ
Edward James Roye → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Liberia ⓘ