Table of Contents Introduction 3 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
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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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CCJS 345 Cotemporary Security Issues 2/19/2014 Cyber security has been slowly taking over as the main concern for security professionals as well as organizations. This is due to a larger emphasis on using paperless methods in order to keep track of customer’s data‚ financial records as well as many other important documents. Without properly trained IT professionals as well as an increase in maintaining up to date security these attacks will continue to have
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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 the all are real and very serious CCJ • The Privy Council originated at the Norman Conquest with the premise
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it is based in Port of Spain‚ Trinidad and Tobago. The CCJ sits at 134Henry Street in Port of Spain. The Caribbean Court of Justice has two jurisdictions: an original and an appellate jurisdiction. In its original‚ the CCJ interprets and applies the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and is an international court with compulsory and exclusive jurisdictions in respect of the interpretation of the treaty. In its appellate jurisdiction‚ the CCJ hears appeals as the court of last resort in both civil
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and change from the pattern in the countries which do not have access to the CCJ. The fact is also clear that the civil litigants at the level of the CCJ are not limited to corporate or wealthy people because a number of civil appeals have been heard in forma pauperis showing that the ordinary citizen has been benefitting from the existence of the CCJ. Take for example the case of Elizabeth Ross v Coreen Sinclair [2008] CCJ 4 (AJ). Two very poor ladies (one quite aged) from Guyana had a dispute between
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Course: HM323 Date: February 13th 2013 Topic: The 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
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The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is indeed a mixed blessing as it carries various benefits as well as challenges for the Caribbean islands. Firstly I will attempt to describe the CSME in its entirety giving the benefits and the shortfalls of its implementation and how it will affect the islands positively or negatively and the factors that may result in the contrasting outcomes. Overview of the CSME The CSME is also known as the Caribbean Single Market and Economy was
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the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that hopes to be the arbiter of a wide range of disputes in the Caribbean regions‚ in a way that will elicit confidence. In addition to resolving disputes surrounding the application and interpretation of the CARICOM treaty between member nations‚ a CCJ that is perceived as fair will have the potential to resolve other disputes‚ including that between Guyana and Surname or even Guyana and Venezuela. The current structure of the CCJ suggests that the designers lacked
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The question must be asked firstly‚ not what if the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice is a sound move but what exactly is the Caribbean Court of Justice. As many perceive the CCJ as it is commonly referred to‚ would be a replacement to the previous Privy Council; which was and still is in some Caribbean states the last court of appeal. The Privy Council is considered to be one of the oldest institutions of government. “It has many roles which include giving advice on the exercise of
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