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Liberia’s October 10, 2023 Elections: When Called Upon, Will the Supreme Court Deliver?

by Lib Law Administrator | October 9, 2023 | Constitutional law, Judiciary | 2 Comments

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...

Constitutional Crises: Resolving the Tenure Issue Requires Avoiding Unnecessary Divisions

by Lib Law Administrator | March 9, 2024 | Constitutional law | 0 Comments

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...

Speech Delivered By Cllr. T. Negbalee Warner At The Opening Of The 10th National Convention Of The National Association Of Trial Judges (NATJL)

by Lib Law Administrator | February 1, 2024 | Judiciary, Law practice | 0 Comments

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...

Liberia’s October 10, 2023 Elections: When Called Upon, Will the Supreme Court Deliver?

Oct 9, 2023 | Constitutional law, Judiciary

By: Gerald D. Yeakula, Sr., Esq. Democracy is based on the will of the people. In...

CLLR. WARNER’S LAW DAY SPEECH

May 8, 2023 | Constitutional law, Judiciary, Law practice

SPEECH DELIVERED BY CLLR. T. NEGBALEE WARNER, SENIOR PARTNER, HERITAGE PARTNERS & ASSOCIATES,...

Welcome to the Practice, Young Lawyer!

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...

A Retrospective on His Honor Francis S. Korkpor, Sr.: Signals for Chief Justice Yuoh

Oct 29, 2022 | Judiciary

By: Windor D. Tarplah, Esq. The sterling heights of the Office of Chief Justice of the Republic of Liberia is an acclaimed position coveted by many of Liberia’s finest and not-so-fine jurists. For the finest of the bunch, they are ostensibly drawn to the leverage the...

Law without Politics: Deconstructing the Path of Prosecutors, from Political Persecutions to the Principled Pursuit of Justice in Liberia

Oct 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice

By: Wonder K. Freeman The law should be law, and politics, politics. The Law in general, as much as it intermingles with politics, should be, in its application, apolitical and non-partisan – to say the least. And politics? Well, just the opposite of law – political...

Freedom of Expression: Hopes, Anxieties and Skepticism in Liberia’s Nascent Democracy

Aug 2, 2018 | Uncategorized

The recent move to repeal Liberia’s Criminal Libel laws by the newly elected Government of former Liberian Football legend, George Manneh Weah, has been hailed by human rights groups as a positive step in the right direction. The effort to decriminalise section 11.11...

Bali Island: To Build or Not To Build?

Apr 15, 2018 | Environmental Law

In 2012, when former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf proposed relocating the capital to Zekepa, her announcement did not go without scrutiny. There were those who saw the pronouncement as yet another empty-promise. She had waged war on corruption but later...

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