Constitutional Law

Question 1

AUTHORITY

Question 2

JUDICIAL REVIEW

Question 3

JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION

Answer 3

How the judiciary interprets laws.

Question 4

JUDICIAL OFFICER

Answer 4

Any officer within the judiciary.

The Chief Justice, Judges (Supreme, Appeal, High Court), Magistrates, and other officials with powers to facilitate and decide legal disputes.

Question 5

JUDICIARY

Answer 5

Article 125
The courts structure.

The part of the government that is concerned with the law & legal system of that country.

Question 6

ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY

Answer 6

The judiciary adjudicates legal disputes, interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.

Question 7

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

Answer 7

Article 88

(1) There shall be an Attorney-General of Ghana who shall be a Minister of State and the principal legal adviser to the Government.
(2) The Attorney-General shall discharge such other duties of a legal nature as may be referred or assigned to him by the President, or imposed on him by this Constitution or any other law.
(3) The Attorney-General shall be responsible for the initiation and conduct of all prosecutions of criminal offences.
(4) All offences prosecuted in the name of the Republic of Ghana shall be at the suit of the Attorney-General or any other person authorised by him in accordance with any law.
(5) The Attorney-General shall be responsible for the institution and conduct of all civil cases on behalf of the State; and all civil proceedings against the State shall be instituted against the Attorney-General as defendant.
(6) The Attorney-General shall have audience in all courts in Ghana.