Tell me about the Caribbean Court of Justice?
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The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is an institution in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The Court was created in 2003 under the 2001 Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas(Treaty, Location) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The treaty is an instrument for the establishment of the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) and was signed by the various CARICOM heads of government.\n\nThe Caribbean Court of Justice within the next two years will serve two main roles.\n\nTo act as a court that can handle trade disputes amongst CARICOM member states (Original Jurisdiction). \nA Court that will eventually serve as a supreme appellate court to replace the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London(Final Appelate Court). \nThe court was first proposed in 1970. The official inauguration was held in Queen's Hall - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday 16 April 2005. As of 2005 the court's jurisdiction is limited to only the CARICOM states of Barbados and Guyana. The first case heard by the CCJ was in August 2005 [1] the case was to settle a 'decade-long' libel court case from Barbados.\n\nThe reasoning for the establishment of a supreme appellate court are many and varied, including a perceived regional disenfranchisement with the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.\n\nControversy surrounding the establishment of this court, correspond to two main events that made the Privy Council unpopular in the Caribbean region. One reason, was the refusal of the Privy Council to allow capital punishment for person convicted of murder to be practiced in Caribbean states, even with majority support by the populous in the jurisdiction. [2], [3], [4] The second main issue was a case involving the government of Antigua and Barbuda, where the Privy Council handed out a radio licsense to a company on behalf of the forementioned government without approval or consent. The British based court has been percieved as having too much power in the Caribbean region. Several politicians, also lamented that the Caribbean nations are the only remaining region of the old British Empire still to rely on the British court system for appeals.\n\nIt is expected that the two Caribbean states that will have the most difficulty when accessing the Privy Council will be Suriname which has a Dutch-based legal system, and Haiti which has a French-based legal system. All other member states have a British based legal systems with the CCJ itself being predominantly modeled after the British system.
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Try out ;\nhttp://www.haitiantimes.com/press.htm\nWhat exactly do you want?\nIf the above is not sufficient please add more info.
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The Magistrates Courts Act 1980 probably has the answers.\n1:- \n\n(1) Upon an information being laid before a justice of the peace . . . that any person has, or is suspected of having committed an offence, the justice may, \n\n(a) issue a summons directed to that person requiring him to appear before a magistrates' court . . . to answer to the information. . . \n\n\n2:-- \n\n(1) A magistrates’ court has jurisdiction to try any summary offence. \n\n(2) A magistrates’ court has jurisdiction as examining justices over any offence committed by a person who appears or is brought before the court. \n\n(3) Subject to: \n\n(a) sections 18 to 22 below, and \n\n(b) any other enactment (wherever contained) relating to the mode of trial of offences triable either way, \n\na magistrates’ court has jurisdiction to try summarily any offence which is triable either way. \n\n(4) A magistrates’ court has jurisdiction, in the exercise of its powers under section 24, to try summarily an indictable offence. \n\n(5) This section does not affect any jurisdiction over offences conferred on a magistrates’ court by any enactment not contained in this Act. \n\n\n11:-- \n\n(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where at the time and place appointed for the trial or adjourned trial of an information the prosecutor appears but the accused does not, the court may proceed in his absence. \n\n\n17A:- \n\n(1) This section shall have effect where a person who has attained the age of 18 years appears or is brought before a magistrates’ court on an information charging him with an offence triable either way. \n\n(2) Everything that the court is required to do under the following provisions of this section must be done with the accused present in court. \n\n(3) The court shall cause the charge to be written down, if this has not already been done, and to be read to the accused. \n\n(4) The court shall then explain to the accused in ordinary language that he may indicate whether (if the offence were to proceed to trial) he would plead guilty or not guilty, and that if he indicates that he would plead guilty-- \n\na) the court must proceed as mentioned in subsection (6) below, and \n\n(b) he may be committed for sentence to the Crown Court under [section 3 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000] if the court is of such opinion as is mentioned in subsection (2) of that section. \n\n(5) The court shall then ask the accused whether (f the offence were to proceed to trial) he would plead guilty or not guilty. \n\n(6) If the accused indicates that he would plead guilty the court shall proceed as if-- \n\n(a) the proceedings constituted from the beginning the summary trial of the information; and \n\n(b) section 9(1) above was complied with and he pleaded guilty under it. \n\n(7) If the accused indicates that he would plead not guilty section 18(1) below shall apply. \n\n(8) If the accused in fact fails to indicate how he would plead, for the purposes of this section and section 18(1) below he shall be taken to indicate that he would plead not guilty. \n\n(9) Subject to subsection (6) above, the following shall not for any purpose be taken to constitute the taking of a plea-- \n\n(a) asking the accused under this section whether (if the offence were to proceed to trial) he would plead guilty or not guilty; \n\n(b) an indication by the accused under this section of how he would plead. District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) \n\n\n\n19:-- \n\n(3) The matters to which the Court is to have regard under subsection (1) above are the nature of the case; whether the circumstances make the offence one of a serious character; whether the punishment which a Magistrates Court would have power to inflict for it would be adequate; and any other circumstances which appear to the Court to make it more suitable for the offence to be tried in one way rather than the other\n\n24:-- \n\n(1) Where a person under the age of 18 years appears or is brought be
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Good reading at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada
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Check out site below for US History in Caribbean
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Go through the courts
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You will have to look it up. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/obtainopinions.pdf
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Easy and fun. \nGo to Peninsula de Macanao, and ask for the Provita office (is a ONG) they have several programs in the island and I guess they migth be able to assist you.\nGood luck and have fun.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic
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Depending on the type of studies and the industry.  If you are looking for emergency plan for the court system, contact the National Center for State Courts.  They have an interesting report on the judiciary and its plans after 9/11 in the New York State Unified Court System and its response.
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This site looks looks exactly what you're looking for:\n\nhttp://www.jamaicavolleyball.com/history.htm
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Try here:\n\nhttp://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/LAWANDJUSTICE/GILD/GILDCOUNTRIES/GILDCANADA/0,,contentMDK:20108595~menuPK:215532~pagePK:157658~piPK:157731~theSitePK:215072,00.html
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The Parish court house.
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read this article, its giving u a lot of details :\n\nhttp://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_s/juris.htm
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This is a link to the offical webpage of scotland's courts. Transcripts may not be aviable for public use, but the court descisions are posted.\n\nhttp://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/
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I've included a link below about its role, and an excerpt below:\n\n"In the Supreme Court, a Judicial Case Conference (a "JCC") is scheduled. A JCC is an informal, off-the-record hearing before a judge to discuss the basics of case and whether there is any prospect for a settlement of the issues. A JCC is also useful for setting dates by which things must happen, such as the exchange of financial information, and for setting a trial date. Both parties must attend the JCC in person along with their lawyers."
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check these out:\n\nhttp://www.volcanolive.com/caribbean.html\n\nhttp://www.caribbeanvolcanoes.com/\n\nhttp://www.theoceanadventure.com/CS2000/CS4.html\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Plate