Judiciary of Sierra Leone

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The Judiciary of Sierra Leone is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law through the country’s system of courts and judges.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Judiciary of Sierra Leone canonical 3
judiciary of Sierra Leone 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial branch ⓘ
appealFrom Magistrates’ Courts of Sierra Leone ⓘ
appealTo Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForJudges President of Sierra Leone ⓘ
appointmentProcessInvolves Judicial and Legal Service Commission of Sierra Leone ⓘ
collaboratesWith Ministry of Justice of Sierra Leone ⓘ
constitutionalDocument 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ
constitutionalStatus independent branch of government ⓘ
country Sierra Leone ⓘ
ensures fair trial rights ⓘ
rule of law in Sierra Leone ⓘ
finalAppealTo Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
foundation Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ
governmentBranchOf Government of Sierra Leone ⓘ
hasComponent court registries of Sierra Leone ⓘ
judges of Sierra Leone ⓘ
magistrates of Sierra Leone ⓘ
hasPower hearing appeals ⓘ
hearing civil cases ⓘ
hearing criminal cases ⓘ
interpretation of the Constitution ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Sierra Leone ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
includesCourt Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone ⓘ
High Court of Justice of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Local Courts of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Magistrates’ Courts of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Supreme Court of Sierra Leone ⓘ
independenceGuaranteedBy 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ
jurisdiction Sierra Leone ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
oversees administration of courts in Sierra Leone ⓘ
responsibleFor enforcement of judicial decisions ⓘ
interpretation of customary law when applicable ⓘ
interpretation of statutory law ⓘ
role adjudicating disputes ⓘ
administering justice ⓘ
applying the laws of Sierra Leone ⓘ
interpreting the laws of Sierra Leone ⓘ
protecting constitutional rights ⓘ
subjectTo Constitution of Sierra Leone ⓘ
typeOfCourtSystem hierarchical court system ⓘ
worksWith Sierra Leone Bar Association ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Government of Sierra Leone → judicialBody → Judiciary of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Supreme Court of Sierra Leone → branchOfGovernment → judiciary of Sierra Leone ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Sierra Leone
Supreme Court of Sierra Leone → partOf → Judiciary of Sierra Leone ⓘ
Constitution of Sierra Leone → establishes → Judiciary of Sierra Leone ⓘ