Supreme Court of Liberia

The Supreme Court of Liberia is the highest judicial body in Liberia. It consists of the Chief Justice of Liberia, who is also the top judiciary official, and four associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The justices hold court at the Temple of Justice on Capitol Hill in Monrovia. The court was originally authorized by the 1839 Constitution of the American Colonization Society, signed on 5 January 1839, and later constitutions continued to provide for a supreme court, the 1984 Constitution being the most recent. Under Article VII of that constitution the court has original jurisdiction over constitutional questions, cases in which the country is a party, and cases involving ministers or ambassadors.