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Comparison of the privy council and the ccj

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The actual power of a court, its’ “true” power rests in the confidence that prospective users have placed in its ability to make decisions. There has been a longstanding debate about whether the Privy Council or the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) deserves the right to interpret domestic laws ,make rulings and function as the final Court of Appeal for Anglophone Caribbean territories such as Jamaica . Although the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is arguably critical to the development of a Caribbean Jurisprudence it is the Privy Council’s established record as well as other political and socio economic evidence that suggest that the Privy Council is most suited to remain as the final Court of Appeal for Jamaica and other Anglophone Caribbean Territories . The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, whose origins can be traced back to the thirteenth century is located in London,England . ​The powers of the Council are somewhat ceremonial by nature , though many concern matters that are of constitutional significance. As such, the advisory role of the Privy Council can be described as fictitious. The council predominantly helps the government to make executive decisions in the name of her majesty. Along with granting royal charters and extending legislation to British Overseas Territories the Privy Council also acts as the final appellate court for many former colonies of Britain ( Everett ,2016)​. As the period of colonialism came to an end many of Britain's f ...
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