The fear of cutting the umbilical cord...the relevance of the Privy Council in post independent West Indian nation states
Saunders, Justice
The fear of cutting the umbilical cord...the relevance of the Privy Council in post independent West Indian nation states - [Port of Spain]TT [CCJ] 2010 - 39 p.
Looks at the history of the Judicial Committee and comments on the role it has played in serving as the Caribbean final appellate court. Focuses on the incongruity in continuing to accept the Judicial Committee as the final court of appeal for Caribbean states in the face of the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Deals briefly with the death penalty debate.
04.03.02 S2571
The fear of cutting the umbilical cord...the relevance of the Privy Council in post independent West Indian nation states - [Port of Spain]TT [CCJ] 2010 - 39 p.
Looks at the history of the Judicial Committee and comments on the role it has played in serving as the Caribbean final appellate court. Focuses on the incongruity in continuing to accept the Judicial Committee as the final court of appeal for Caribbean states in the face of the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Deals briefly with the death penalty debate.
04.03.02 S2571