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Document Category Judiciary Laws
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| Act Creating the Commercial Court (2010) | 2010, Banking, Business and Commerce Laws, Corporate Law, Human Rights Law, Judiciary Laws, Land Laws, Maritime Laws, Procedural Laws, Property Laws | 2010 Acts, 2025, access to justice, admiralty law, appeals, Appellate Review, appointment of judges, arbitration law, banking and finance law, business law, civil law, commercial arbitration, Commercial Court, commercial jurisdiction, Commercial Law, commercial litigation, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Contract Law, Corporate Law, court financing, court procedures, court structure, debt recovery, economic governance, enforcement of arbitral awards, establishment of Commercial Court, Executive Law, financial law, foreclosure, Good Governance Law, human rights law, investment law, judicial accountability, Judicial Administration, judicial reform, judiciary independence, Judiciary Law, land law, Liberia Commercial Code, maritime law, Montserrado County, mortgages, Procedural Law, Rule of Law, secured transactions, specialized courts, summary judgment, tax law, tenure of judges, Title 17 Judiciary Law, transparency and accountability | act-creating-the-commercial-court-2010 | 2010-acts 2025 access-to-justice admiralty-law appeals appellate-review appointment-of-judges arbitration-law banking-and-finance-law business-law civil-law commercial-arbitration commercial-court commercial-jurisdiction commercial-law commercial-litigation concurrent-jurisdiction contract-law corporate-law court-financing court-procedures court-structure debt-recovery economic-governance enforcement-of-arbitral-awards establishment-of-commercial-court executive-law financial-law foreclosure good-governance-law human-rights-law investment-law judicial-accountability judicial-administration judicial-reform judiciary-independence judiciary-law land-law liberia-commercial-code maritime-law montserrado-county mortgages procedural-law rule-of-law secured-transactions specialized-courts summary-judgment tax-law tenure-of-judges title-17-judiciary-law transparency-and-accountability | 2010 banking-business-and-commerce-laws corporate-law human-rights-law judiciary-laws land-laws maritime-laws procedural-laws property-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| Amendment to Chapter 16 of the Criminal Procedure Law to Provide for Plea Bargaining of Criminal Cases (2022) | 2022, Criminal Law, Judiciary Laws, Procedural Laws | 2022 Acts, 2022 legislative session, Administrative Law, civil law reform, constitutional compliance, criminal justice, enforcement mechanisms, governance, justice sector reform, legal modernization, legislative enactment, legislative reform, Ministry oversight, national legislation, procedural safeguards, public interest, Public Policy, regulatory framework, Republic of Liberia, rights protection, Rule of Law, severability clause, statutory amendment, Statutory interpretation, statutory update | amendment-to-chapter-16-of-the-criminal-procedure-law-to-provide-for-plea-bargaining-of-criminal-cases-2022 | 2022-acts 2022-legislative-session administrative-law civil-law-reform constitutional-compliance criminal-justice enforcement-mechanisms governance justice-sector-reform legal-modernization legislative-enactment legislative-reform ministry-oversight national-legislation procedural-safeguards public-interest public-policy regulatory-framework republic-of-liberia rights-protection rule-of-law severability-clause statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-update | 2022 criminal-law judiciary-laws procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| An Act Establishing Criminal Court D (1995) | 1995, Criminal Law, Judiciary Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject | amendment of Judiciary Law, appellate jurisdiction, appointment and tenure of judges, armed robbery, Chapter 24, clerks of court, concurrent jurisdiction (other circuits), Criminal Court “D”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, exclusive original jurisdiction, exemption from court fees, First Judicial Circuit, hijacking, impeachment and removal, Judicial Administration, judicial qualifications, jury empanelment time limit, jury trial session, justice of the peace courts, magisterial courts, Montserrado County, pre-trial chamber session, preliminary examination, quarterly sessions, seal of court, sheriffs and ministerial officers, Supreme Court of Liberia, terrorism, Title 17 Revised Code of Laws of Liberia, transfer of pending cases, Writ of Prohibition | an-act-establishing-criminal-court-d-1995 | amendment-of-judiciary-law appellate-jurisdiction appointment-and-tenure-of-judges armed-robbery chapter-24 clerks-of-court concurrent-jurisdiction-other-circuits criminal-court-d criminal-law criminal-procedure-law exclusive-original-jurisdiction exemption-from-court-fees first-judicial-circuit hijacking impeachment-and-removal judicial-administration judicial-qualifications jury-empanelment-time-limit jury-trial-session justice-of-the-peace-courts magisterial-courts montserrado-county pre-trial-chamber-session preliminary-examination quarterly-sessions seal-of-court sheriffs-and-ministerial-officers supreme-court-of-liberia terrorism title-17-revised-code-of-laws-of-liberia transfer-of-pending-cases writ-of-prohibition | 1995 criminal-law judiciary-laws legistlative-acts legislative-acts-by-year | |
| An Act Establishing Criminal Court E (2008) | 2008, Criminal Law, Gender Laws, Judiciary Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject, Procedural Laws | aggravated involuntary sodomy, amendment of Judiciary Law, appellate jurisdiction, appointment and tenure of judges, bail restrictions, circuit courts, clerks of court, corruption of minors, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, exclusive original jurisdiction, exemption from court fees, First Judicial Circuit, gang rape, grave offenses, in camera trial, involuntary sodomy, Judicial Administration, Judiciary Law of 1972, Jurisdiction, jury empanelment, magistrate jurisdiction terminated, minors and child protection, Montserrado County, Rape, seal of court, sessions of court, sexual abuse of wards, sexual assault, Sexual Offences Court, Sexual Offences Division, sheriffs and ministerial officers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Title 17 Liberian Code of Laws Revised, trafficking in persons (sexual servitude), transfer within 72 hours, voluntary sodomy, Writ of Prohibition | an-act-establishing-criminal-court-e-2008 | aggravated-involuntary-sodomy amendment-of-judiciary-law appellate-jurisdiction appointment-and-tenure-of-judges bail-restrictions circuit-courts clerks-of-court corruption-of-minors criminal-assizes criminal-court-e criminal-law criminal-procedure exclusive-original-jurisdiction exemption-from-court-fees first-judicial-circuit gang-rape grave-offenses in-camera-trial involuntary-sodomy judicial-administration judiciary-law-of-1972 jurisdiction jury-empanelment magistrate-jurisdiction-terminated minors-and-child-protection montserrado-county rape seal-of-court sessions-of-court sexual-abuse-of-wards sexual-assault sexual-offences-court sexual-offences-division sheriffs-and-ministerial-officers supreme-court-of-liberia title-17-liberian-code-of-laws-revised trafficking-in-persons-sexual-servitude transfer-within-72-hours voluntary-sodomy writ-of-prohibition | 2008 criminal-law gender-laws judiciary-laws legistlative-acts procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year | |
| An Act Relating to the Conduct of Trial (2012) | 2012, Criminal Law, Judiciary Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject, Procedural Laws | 2012 Acts, conduct of trial, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, judicial process, jury instructions, Jury Trial, Procedural Law, statutory amendment, three-fourths verdict rule, trial procedure, verdict | an-act-relating-to-the-conduct-of-trial-2012 | 2012-acts conduct-of-trial criminal-law criminal-procedure-law judicial-process jury-instructions jury-trial procedural-law statutory-amendment three-fourths-verdict-rule trial-procedure verdict | 2012 criminal-law judiciary-laws legistlative-acts procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year | |
| An Act Relating to the Jurisdiction of Debt Court and Magistrates’ Courts and Related Matters (2012) | 2012, Banking, Business and Commerce Laws, Human Trafficking Laws, Judiciary Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject, Procedural Laws | an-act-relating-to-the-jurisdiction-of-debt-court-and-magistrates-courts-and-related-matters-2012 | 2012 banking-business-and-commerce-laws human-trafficking-laws judiciary-laws legistlative-acts procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year | |||
| An Act to Amend Section 3.6 of the Judiciary Law To Provide for the Appointment of Relieving Judges (2022) | 2022, Judiciary Laws | access to justice, administration of justice, amendment, appointment and tenure of judges, circuit courts, constitutional law, court system expansion, inferior courts, Judicial Administration, judicial appointments, judicial capacity, judicial efficiency, judicial reform, Legislature of Liberia, population growth and justice delivery, President of Liberia, relieving judges, Senate confirmation, separation of powers, specialized courts, speedy disposition of cases, statutory amendment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Title 17 Liberian Code of Laws Revised | an-act-to-amend-section-3-6-of-the-judiciary-law-to-provide-for-the-appointment-of-relieving-judges-2022 | access-to-justice administration-of-justice amendment appointment-and-tenure-of-judges circuit-courts constitutional-law court-system-expansion inferior-courts judicial-administration judicial-appointments judicial-capacity judicial-efficiency judicial-reform legislature-of-liberia population-growth-and-justice-delivery president-of-liberia relieving-judges senate-confirmation separation-of-powers specialized-courts speedy-disposition-of-cases statutory-amendment supreme-court-of-liberia title-17-liberian-code-of-laws-revised | 2022 judiciary-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| Financial Autonomy to the Judiciary Act of 2006 | 2006, Good Governance Laws, Judiciary Laws | amendment of statutes, audit of judiciary, budgetary process, Bureau of General Audit, constitutional law, contempt of court, Court Administration, court costs, court fees, financial autonomy of the judiciary, fines and penalties, fiscal administration, judicial accounts, Judicial Administration, judicial independence, judicial rule-making authority, judiciary budget, Judiciary Law, Ministry of Finance, National Transitional Legislative Assembly, public finance law, repeal of statutes, separation of powers, Title 17 Liberian Code of Laws Revised, transitional justice period | financial-autonomy-to-the-judiciary-act-of-2006 | amendment-of-statutes audit-of-judiciary budgetary-process bureau-of-general-audit constitutional-law contempt-of-court court-administration court-costs court-fees financial-autonomy-of-the-judiciary fines-and-penalties fiscal-administration judicial-accounts judicial-administration judicial-independence judicial-rule-making-authority judiciary-budget judiciary-law ministry-of-finance national-transitional-legislative-assembly public-finance-law repeal-of-statutes separation-of-powers title-17-liberian-code-of-laws-revised transitional-justice-period | 2006 good-governance-laws judiciary-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| General Construction Law (1973) | 1973, Executive Law, Judiciary Laws, Procedural Laws | 1956, Blackstone’s Commentaries, common law, construction of gender and number, definitions, effect of repeal, effect of the Code, English chancery rules, General Construction Law, interpretation of words and phrases, Kent’s Commentaries, law revision, legal hermeneutics, legal history, legal terminology, legislative drafting, legislative intent, Liberian Code of Laws of 1956, Liberian Code of Laws Revised, non-statutory law, repeal of statutes, repealers, Republic of Liberia, rules of construction, separability clause, statutory codification, statutory continuity, Statutory interpretation, statutory law, statutory reform, Title 15 | general-construction-law-1973 | 1956 blackstones-commentaries common-law construction-of-gender-and-number definitions effect-of-repeal effect-of-the-code english-chancery-rules general-construction-law interpretation-of-words-and-phrases kents-commentaries law-revision legal-hermeneutics legal-history legal-terminology legislative-drafting legislative-intent liberian-code-of-laws-of-1956 liberian-code-of-laws-revised non-statutory-law repeal-of-statutes repealers republic-of-liberia rules-of-construction separability-clause statutory-codification statutory-continuity statutory-interpretation statutory-law statutory-reform title-15 | 1973 executive-law judiciary-laws procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| Judiciary Law (1972) | 1972, Amended/Partially Repealed Legislative Acts, Judiciary Laws | actions against sheriffs, actions of debt, administration of justice, admiralty jurisdiction, admission to the bar, adoption, affidavits, appeals, appellate jurisdiction, appointment of judges, appointment of sheriffs, apprenticeship, arrest warrants, attachment proceedings, Attorneys-at-Law, bail bonds, Bar Examination, Chief Justice authority, circuit courts, civil jurisdiction, Civil Procedure, clerks of court, common law duties, confidentiality of juvenile proceedings, constables, constitutional law, contempt of court, costs and fees, counsellors of the Supreme Court, Court Administration, court costs, court fees, courts and judiciary, courts of record, Criminal Assizes, criminal jurisdiction, Debt Court, debt recovery, defense counsel, deputy sheriffs, disbarment, disciplinary proceedings, duties of sheriffs, employment disputes, eviction, execution of judgments, extraordinary writs, guardianship, habeas corpus, hearing officers, indigent defense, indigent rights, inheritance, injunctions, judges’ conduct, Judicial Administration, judicial budget, judicial circuits, judicial independence, judicial sales, judicial system, juries and jurors, juror misconduct, jury compensation, jury empanelment, jury exemptions, jury qualifications, jury trial rights, jury trials, juvenile court, Juvenile Court Procedural Code, juvenile delinquency, juvenile detention, juvenile justice, labour appeals, labour courts, Labour Law, legal education, legitimation, Letters of Administration, letters testamentary, magisterial courts, mandamus, marshals of court, mileage fees, ministerial officers of court, Ministry of Labour, monthly and probate courts, National Board of Bar Examiners, NE EXEAT REPUBLICA, neglected child, negotiable instruments, notarial acts, notaries public, officers of the peace, original jurisdiction, peace officers, pensions and benefits, petit larceny, poundage fees, prisoners and custody, Probate Court, probate jurisdiction, probation services, Prohibition, qualifications of judges, quarterly sessions, quo warranto, relieving judges, remedial writs, replevin, retirement of judges, revenue law, right to counsel, sale of property, Service of Process, sheriff fees, sheriff liability, sheriffs, statutory law, stipendiary magistrates, subpoena, Summary Proceedings, summons, suppression of riots, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of lawyers, tax appeals, tax court, tenure of judges, traffic court, unauthorized practice of law, vehicle and traffic law, ward of the court, wills and estates, writs of execution | judiciary-law-1972 | actions-against-sheriffs actions-of-debt administration-of-justice admiralty-jurisdiction admission-to-the-bar adoption affidavits appeals appellate-jurisdiction appointment-of-judges appointment-of-sheriffs apprenticeship arrest-warrants attachment-proceedings attorneys-at-law bail-bonds bar-examination chief-justice-authority circuit-courts civil-jurisdiction civil-procedure clerks-of-court common-law-duties confidentiality-of-juvenile-proceedings constables constitutional-law contempt-of-court costs-and-fees counsellors-of-the-supreme-court court-administration court-costs court-fees courts-and-judiciary courts-of-record criminal-assizes criminal-jurisdiction debt-court debt-recovery defense-counsel deputy-sheriffs disbarment disciplinary-proceedings duties-of-sheriffs employment-disputes eviction execution-of-judgments extraordinary-writs guardianship habeas-corpus hearing-officers indigent-defense indigent-rights inheritance injunctions judges-conduct judicial-administration judicial-budget judicial-circuits judicial-independence judicial-sales judicial-system juries-and-jurors juror-misconduct jury-compensation jury-empanelment jury-exemptions jury-qualifications jury-trial-rights jury-trials juvenile-court juvenile-court-procedural-code juvenile-delinquency juvenile-detention juvenile-justice labour-appeals labour-courts labour-law legal-education legitimation letters-of-administration letters-testamentary magisterial-courts mandamus marshals-of-court mileage-fees ministerial-officers-of-court ministry-of-labour monthly-and-probate-courts national-board-of-bar-examiners ne-exeat-republica neglected-child negotiable-instruments notarial-acts notaries-public officers-of-the-peace original-jurisdiction peace-officers pensions-and-benefits petit-larceny poundage-fees prisoners-and-custody probate-court probate-jurisdiction probation-services prohibition qualifications-of-judges quarterly-sessions quo-warranto relieving-judges remedial-writs replevin retirement-of-judges revenue-law right-to-counsel sale-of-property service-of-process sheriff-fees sheriff-liability sheriffs statutory-law stipendiary-magistrates subpoena summary-proceedings summons suppression-of-riots supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-lawyers tax-appeals tax-court tenure-of-judges traffic-court unauthorized-practice-of-law vehicle-and-traffic-law ward-of-the-court wills-and-estates writs-of-execution | 1972-legislative-acts-by-year partially-repealed-legislative-acts judiciary-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| Juries Law (2006) | 2006, Criminal Law, Judiciary Laws, Procedural Laws | juries-law-2006 | 2006 criminal-law judiciary-laws procedural-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |||
| National Remuneration Standardization Act of 2019 | 2019, Anti-Corruption Laws, Executive Law, Good Governance Laws, Judiciary Laws, Labor Laws | Administrative Law, Armed Forces of Liberia, budgetary control, Civil Service Agency, constitutional law, economic governance, Employment Law, equity in compensation, executive compensation, fiscal discipline, government payroll, international financial programs, judicial remuneration, Labour Law, legislative authority, Legislature of Liberia, Liberia Revenue Code, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, National Remuneration Standardization Act of 2019, national wage bill, public expenditure management, public finance law, public officials and employees, public sector compensation, public service law, remuneration of public officials, salary standardization, separation of powers, state-owned enterprises, Supreme Court of Liberia, taxation of remuneration, wage harmonization | national-remuneration-standardization-act-of-2019 | administrative-law armed-forces-of-liberia budgetary-control civil-service-agency constitutional-law economic-governance employment-law equity-in-compensation executive-compensation fiscal-discipline government-payroll international-financial-programs judicial-remuneration labour-law legislative-authority legislature-of-liberia liberia-revenue-code ministry-of-finance-and-development-planning national-remuneration-standardization-act-of-2019 national-wage-bill public-expenditure-management public-finance-law public-officials-and-employees public-sector-compensation public-service-law remuneration-of-public-officials salary-standardization separation-of-powers state-owned-enterprises supreme-court-of-liberia taxation-of-remuneration wage-harmonization | 2019 anti-corruption-laws executive-law good-governance-laws judiciary-laws labor legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts | |
| Sentencing and Related Matters Act (2012) | 2012, Criminal Law, Judiciary Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject | alternative sentences, amendment of Penal Law, authorized disposition of offenders, authorized fines, Chapter 50, classification of offenses, corporate criminal liability, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, due process in sentencing, effective date, enhanced sentencing, felonies, fines, first degree felony, first degree misdemeanor, forfeiture equivalent, gain from crime, habitual offender provisions, handbill publication, imprisonment, incapacitative measures, individual criminal liability, infractions, judicial discretion, Life Imprisonment, misdemeanor imprisonment limits, misdemeanors, notice of enhanced penalty, Penal Law, proportional sentencing, reclassification of offenses, recovery of loss, rehabilitative measures, repeat offender sentencing, Restitution, restitution orders, second degree felony, second degree misdemeanor, sentencing and related matters, sentencing law, term of years sentencing, third degree misdemeanor, Title 26 Liberian Code of Laws Revised | sentencing-and-related-matters-act-2012 | alternative-sentences amendment-of-penal-law authorized-disposition-of-offenders authorized-fines chapter-50 classification-of-offenses corporate-criminal-liability criminal-law death-penalty due-process-in-sentencing effective-date enhanced-sentencing felonies fines first-degree-felony first-degree-misdemeanor forfeiture-equivalent gain-from-crime habitual-offender-provisions handbill-publication imprisonment incapacitative-measures individual-criminal-liability infractions judicial-discretion life-imprisonment misdemeanor-imprisonment-limits misdemeanors notice-of-enhanced-penalty penal-law proportional-sentencing reclassification-of-offenses recovery-of-loss rehabilitative-measures repeat-offender-sentencing restitution restitution-orders second-degree-felony second-degree-misdemeanor sentencing-and-related-matters sentencing-law term-of-years-sentencing third-degree-misdemeanor title-26-liberian-code-of-laws-revised | 2012 criminal-law judiciary-laws legistlative-acts legislative-acts-by-year |