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  2. Judiciary of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in Jamaica; it is superior to the Supreme Court. [1] [2] [4] The Court is composed of a President and six other Judges.The Chief Justice is also a judge ex officio of the Court of Appeal, but participates only when asked to do so by the President.

  3. Ministries and agencies of the Jamaican government - Wikipedia

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    The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness . The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.

  4. Executive order - Wikipedia

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    By Executive Order 6581, the president created the Export-Import Bank of the United States. On March 7, 1934, he established the National Recovery Review Board (Executive Order 6632). On June 29, the president issued Executive Order 6763 "under the authority vested in me by the Constitution", thereby creating the National Labor Relations Board.

  5. Separation of powers - Wikipedia

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    Again, there is no liberty, if the judiciary power is not separated from the legislative and executive. Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control; for the judge would be then the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with violence and ...

  6. Politics of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The judiciary also is modelled on the British system. The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in Jamaica. Under certain circumstances, cases may be appealed to Britain's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Jamaica's parishes have elected councils that exercise limited powers of local government.

  7. Primary and secondary legislation - Wikipedia

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    In Australian law, primary legislation includes acts of the Commonwealth Parliament and state or territory parliaments.Secondary legislation, formally called legislative instruments, are regulations made according to law by the executive or judiciary or other specified bodies which have the effect of law. [3]

  8. Administrative court - Wikipedia

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    In the case of state agencies, administrative courts may rule on the actual content of the decision. The United States does not have a separate system of administrative courts in the judicial branch. [2] Instead, administrative law judges (ALJs) preside over tribunals within executive branch agencies.

  9. Constitution of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Jamaica is the collection of laws made by the government.It is the supreme law of Jamaica. [1]It was drafted by a bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature in 1961-62, approved in the United Kingdom and included as the Second Schedule of the Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council, 1962 under the West Indies Act, 1962.