Original Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) since its establishment on 14 February 2001‚ only three so far‚ namely‚ Barbados‚ Guyana and Belize have acceded additionally to its Appellate Jurisdiction. The Original Jurisdiction deals with the interpretation and application of the Treaty which established Caricom‚ and the Appellate Jurisdiction is meant to take over the role of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council by being the final court of appeal in both civil and criminal
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of all Caribbean states having the CCJ as a finale appellate court? The ongoing debate about the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)‚ and whether or not it would benefit the people of the Caribbean or should be the final appellant court continues. The CCJ was established in 2001 and is based in Trinidad and Tobago. The objective of the CCJ was to provide for the Caribbean community an accessible‚ fair‚ efficient‚ innovative and impartial
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Contextual View of the Caribbean Court of Justice 4 The CSME and CCJ Connection 6 Funding and Integration 8 Two Significant Cases 9 Appendix 3 INTRODUCTION It is said that within the economic sphere‚ the Caribbean is caught between two worlds. The old world of trade preferences‚ concessional flows of financial resources to the region‚ domestic protectionism‚ state dominated‚ and over-regulated economic activity is vanishing or is already gone. The new Caribbean economy has now become
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------------------------------------------------- Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Kimberly Leed 2Y / History The CCJ is the first proposed court of final jurisdiction for the Anglophone Caribbean‚ all other courts had to answer to the English court. The supremacy of the English courts was laid down in the Colonial Laws Validity Act of 1865‚ which formally conferred the power to make laws on colonial legislatures‚ but at the same time it declared that colonial laws inconsistent
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A CRITIQUE OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE With special reference to the European Court of Justice By Victor Jordan‚ ABD(Econ.)‚ JD winsar@juno.com for The Fifth Annual SALISES Conference‚ Trinidad and Tobago titled “The CARICOM Single Market and Economy: Legal‚ Political‚ Economic and Social Dimensions” March 31 –April 2‚ 2004 The University of the West Indies‚ St. Augustine‚ Trinidad and Tobago INTRODUCTION The true power of any court lies in the confidence that the prospective users have
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CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE • The fear of cutting the umbilical cord ... the relevance of the Privy Council in Post Independent West Indian Nation States CCJ What are the fear of cutting the umbilical cord of the Privy Council Bahamas said consistently that they will not replace appeals from the Committee of the PC to the CCJ Constraint on access to justice are inherent in retaining the Judicial Committee as final court of appeal. Huge expense Visa requirement to enter
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Benefits of Jamaica having its own final court of Appeal (For & Against) The Privy Council based in Britain and serves as the final Court of Appeal for all of the countries of the region except Guyana and Barbados. Barbados and Guyana both accepted the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) established in 2005‚ as their final Court of Appeal. Caricom governments established the Caribbean Court of Justice to replace the London based Privy Council as the regions final court and concerns such as the
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Privy Council vs. Caribbean Court of Justice The Privy Council vs. Caribbean Court of Justice At the center of the judicial system in the Commonwealth Caribbean lies the English Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. "The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is primarily the final Court of Appeal for those Commonwealth territories which have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in other matters."’ The Privy Council is an institution that became established as the final court for the individual
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The Sheriff Appeal Court (Civil): A large margin of cases in Scotland are heard in the Sheriff court therefore it is the busiest court within the Scottish system as it deals with both civil and criminal cases. There are 6 sheriffdoms in Scotland and each one has a sheriff principle with a number of duties which will vary depending on the courts they are in charge of. The Sheriff Appeal Court hears the appeals from the summary criminal proceedings in the sheriff court and will also hear civil cases
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Plea Bargaining Paper Plea Bargaining Paper Advantages and disadvantages of plea bargaining is that some bad and some type of good will always come out of it. Advantages help the court manage the case and disadvantages can be a problem for the court and also to the defendant that ’s asking for a plea bargaining. These advantages can put a bad taste in the prosecutors mouth about the defendant if their plea isn’t sincere‚ the system have to feel where you are coming from and also agree with
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