| 词条 | Supreme Court of Belize |
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|image = |imagesize = |caption = |established = |location = Corozal Town Belize City Dangriga |country = Belize |coordinates = {{coord|17|29|38|N|88|11|11|W}} |type = Executive selection |authority = Constitution of Belize |terms = Until age 65, but may be reappointed |website = |chiefjudgetitle = Chief Justice of Belize |chiefjudgename = Kenneth Benjamin |termstart = 15 September 2011 |termend = }} The Supreme Court of Judicature of Belize is one of three tiers of courts in Belize, the lower ones being the Magistrate's Courts and the Court of Appeal.[1] It is a court of original jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases as well as an appellate court.[2] It is governed by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (SCJA).[3] StructureThe Supreme Court consists of three judges.[2] Under Chapter 7 of the Constitution of Belize, the Chief Justice is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. The PM directly appoints the other two judges, known as Puisne Justices.[4] The Supreme Court has had Chief Justices not only from Belize and other Caribbean countries, but from as far afield as Sierra Leone (Abdulai Conteh), Uganda (Samuel Awich, acting) and Palestine (Taufik Cotran).[5][6][7] Section 40 of the SCJA divides Belize into three districts for judicial purposes, each consisting of two political districts. Section 46 names the place where the Supreme Court shall sit in each district.[3] The districts are:
The Supreme Court holds four sessions per year in each of the three districts, for a total of twelve sessions.[1] The court of last resort was formerly the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom; however, Belize adopted the Caribbean Court of Justice in Trinidad and Tobago as its court of final appeal in 2010.[8] BuildingsBelize's first court house was designed by Gustav Von Ohlafen and built in 1818. The first sitting of the Supreme Court was held therein. An entirely wooden structure, it was destroyed by fire on 17 August 1918; then Governor-General William Hart-Bennett, who had come to render aid in extinguishing the fire, was hit by a flagpole and died of his injuries a few days later. A new reinforced concrete court house was built in 1926 in Belize City.[9] The court also has buildings in two other locations outside of Belize City, namely Dangriga and Corozal Town. See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.belizelaw.org/CJEI/Belize/index.html|title=Introduction to the Supreme Court of Belize|publisher=Attorney General of Belize|accessdate=2012-04-18}} {{Americas topic|Supreme Court of|title=Supreme Courts of the Americas|countries_only=yes}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=692&ctNode=566&mp=27|title=The Supreme Court|publisher=Government of Belize|accessdate=2012-04-19}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.belizelaw.org/lawadmin/PDF%2520files/cap091.pdf|title=Cap. 91: Supreme Court of Judicature Act|publisher=Attorney General of Belize|date=2000-12-31|accessdate=2012-04-19}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=691&ctNode=566&mp=27|title=Structure, composition, and jurisdiction|publisher=Government of Belize|accessdate=2012-04-19|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120802131351/http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=691&ctNode=566&mp=27|archivedate=2012-08-02|df=}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/19390|title=New judge begins work on Monday|work=News 5 Belize|date=2001-03-28|accessdate=2012-04-20}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article2079554.ece|title=Obituaries: Taufik Cotran|periodical=The Times|date=2007-05-03|accessdate=2012-04-20}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.amandala.com.bz/index.php?id=11500|first=Adele|last=Trapp|title=Guyanese jurist, Kenneth Benjamin, 56, to succeed Conteh|work=Amandala|date=2011-07-29|accessdate=2012-04-18}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.amandala.com.bz/index.php?id=10097|first=Aaron|last=Humes|title=Privy Council substitutes manslaughter for murder in case of Kirk Gordon|work=Amandala|date=2010-07-23|accessdate=2012-04-19}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.belizelaw.org/supreme_court.html|title=The Supreme Court|publisher=Attorney General of Belize|accessdate=2012-04-19}} 2 : Belizean law|National supreme courts |
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