Articles
Liberia’s October 10, 2023 Elections: When Called Upon, Will the Supreme Court Deliver?
By: Gerald D. Yeakula, Sr., Esq. Democracy is based on the will of the people. In...
CLLR. WARNER’S LAW DAY SPEECH 2023
SPEECH DELIVERED BY CLLR. T. NEGBALEE WARNER, SENIOR PARTNER, HERITAGE PARTNERS & ASSOCIATES,...
Welcome to the Practice, Young Lawyer!
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
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
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
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?
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...