Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 2017
Principle(s): Procedural limitation: President ought to obtain parliamentary ratification before entering into an agreement with the government of the United States for the transfer of two suspected terrorists into Ghana.
Court: Supreme Court
Year: 1994
Principle(s): Any act which contravenes the constitution shall be void to the extent of the inconsistency.
Court: Court
Year: 1967
Principle(s): The NLC is limited in substance, the NLC is limited in procedure, the Commission of Enquiry is Limited institutionally.
Court: High Court
Year: 1968
Principle(s): Substantive limitation, procedural limitation
Court: High Court
Year: 1968
Principle(s): A person can be arrested without warrant if national security is at stake; the NLC had unlimited powers; A person can be re-arrested after being release on habeas corpus
Court: High Court
Year:
Principle(s): Civil procedure seeking injunction against a deportation order will hamper the purpose of the Deportation Act, 1957
Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 2001-2002
Principle(s): Rule of law: an action can be brought against the president under article 2, but through the Attorney General.
Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 2020
Principle(s): When a person alleges that an action contravenes the constitution, he can bring an action at the Supreme Court under article 2(1) and 130(1) for a determination
Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 2020
Principle(s): A person may invoke the original jurisdiction of the supreme court of Ghana if they believe an act is unconstitutional
Court: Court
Year: 1967
Principle(s): Absence of substantive limitation.
Court: The Supreme Court
Year: 2019
Principle(s): Rule of law: the court declared the prime minister's advice to the crown to prorogue parliament unlawful; Judicial Review: the court's adjudication of executive acts deemed to subvert parliamentary sovereignty.
Court: Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Year: 1952
Principle(s): The President has no power to issue an order for the seizure of property, but congress has the power; separation of powers
Court: UK Supreme Court
Year: 2017
Principle(s): Rule of Law: Ministers are only allowed to give notice of withdrawal to the EU upon statutory authorization; Separation of powers: Legislative authorization is needed prior to ministers giving a formal notice of withdrawal from EU to the Council of the European Union
Court: United States Court of Appeal
Year: 1974
Principle(s): 1. Rule of law: The president does not have absolute immunity. 2. Checks and balances: intra-branch disputes are justiciable
Court: Supreme Court
Year: 2014
Principle(s): Judicial Review
Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 2000
Principle(s): Supremacy of the Constitution; Judicial Review; Locus Standi
Court: Supreme Court
Year: 2015
Principle(s): The president can propos bills for the amendment of the constitution and engage in activities preparatory to the actual amendment process.
Court: Supreme Court
Year: 2004
Principle(s): Swearing in of the speaker as president does not violate separation of powers, as the organs still remain distinct and separate.
Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 5th May, 2016
Principle(s): Judicial Review
Court: Supreme Court, Ghana
Year: 1971
Principle(s): If a lower court thinks that a provision is clear and unambiguous, no reference needs to be made to the supreme court for interpretation of said provision; A jury is not necessary for trial of offences not punishable by death or life imprisonment.
Court: Supreme Court
Year: 1961
Principle(s): Rule of law, separation of powers; judicial review
Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 2016
Principle(s): When an issue of interpretation arises in Courts lower than the Supreme Court, the Court ought to stay proceedings and refer the issue to the Supreme Court.
Court: U.S Supreme Court
Year: 1803
Principle(s): Judicial Review: An act of congress which violates the constitution, is void; Rule of law: The Secretary of State can be compelled to perform their legally imposed duty.
Court: The Supreme Court of the Gold Coast Colony
Year: 1916
Principle(s): Customary law has to be proved in the courts till such a time that the courts take judicial notice of them
Court: Divisional Court East Province, Accra
Year: 1892
Principle(s): An executive (commissioner) is only protected from court action by section 50 of the Supreme Court Ordinance if they act in their official capacity or truly believed they acted in an official capacity