Judiciary of Ghana

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branch of government judiciary

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Judiciary of Ghana canonical	3
judicial branch of Ghana	1

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 ⓘ Parliament of Ghana ⓘ surface form: Legislature 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 ⓘ surface form: Coat of arms of Ghana
typeOfCourtSystem	hierarchical court system ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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 → Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ

this entity surface form: judicial branch of Ghana