by Lib Law Administrator | Oct 9, 2023 | Constitutional law, Judiciary
By: Gerald D. Yeakula, Sr., Esq. Democracy is based on the will of the people. In Liberia’s case, a little over 2.4 million registered voters carry this will. But historically, this is a country where elections have been judicialized. Thus, the will of five, viz. three men and two women, might just decisively […]
by Lib Law Administrator | May 5, 2025 | Constitutional law
By: Cllr. Gboto A. Watson, Sr. It takes two to tango. While an independent judiciary is essential for upholding the rule of law and protecting individual rights, it becomes concerning to legal pundits and ordinary citizens when judicial actors stray into the realm of...
by Lib Law Administrator | May 4, 2025 | Constitutional law, Judiciary
By Tiawan Saye Gongloe The political turmoil in Liberia’s House of Representatives, sparked by an attempted and unconstitutional removal of Speaker J. Fonati Koffa, has paralyzed the legislative process and endangered constitutional governance. At the heart of the...
by Lib Law Administrator | Dec 31, 2024 | Constitutional law
By: Atty. Jeremiah Samuel Dugbo, I. I. Introduction: The Liberian Supreme Court’s opinion in In Re: The Unconstitutionality of Certain Actions Taken by Some Members of the House of Representatives raises significant questions concerning the court’s role in...
by Lib Law Administrator | Mar 9, 2024 | Constitutional law
The dispute over the President’s power to remove tenured officials of government is one that has gripped the nation. A fair resolution of that dispute, as with many important national questions, requires that we resort to the constitution and engaged in a reasoned and...
by Lib Law Administrator | Feb 1, 2024 | Judiciary, Law practice
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 Her Honor Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Chief Justice of the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia, and Associate Justices of the Honorable Supreme Court Her Honor, Nancy F. Kpakilleen, President, National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia, and officers and...
by Lib Law Administrator | May 8, 2023 | Constitutional law, Elections law, Judiciary, Law practice
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by Lib Law Administrator | Jan 6, 2023 | Constitutional law, Elections law, Human Rights Law
By: Urias Teh Poure For the first time in the political history of Liberia, Liberians in the diaspora are making a strong case for their inclusion in the 2023 general and presidential elections. This call has come at the time when the Alien and Nationality Act of 1973...
by Lib Law Administrator | Nov 13, 2022 | Constitutional law, Judiciary
By Worlea – Saywah Dunah, Guest Author Liberia has a new Chief Justice, a lady, and she breathes fiercely. Chief Justice Youh promised one thing at both confirmation and induction: that, as the statue that guards the Temple of Justice in Monrovia, her bench will be...
by Lib Law Administrator | Oct 30, 2022 | Law practice
By: Atty. Emmanuel N. Reeves, Guest Author Startup entrepreneurs dream of seed capital to grow their startup businesses. Young footballers dream about signing their first professional contracts, and rookie musicians dream of recording their first albums. These...
