Supreme Court of Liberia

Supreme Court of Liberia
Established	1839
Location	Monrovia
Composition method	Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation
Authorized by	Constitution of Liberia
Judge term length	70 years of age
Number of positions	5
Chief Justice of Liberia
Currently	Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh
Since	27 September 2022

Politics of Liberia
Constitution 1847 Constitution 1986 Constitution
Executive President Joseph Boakai Vice President Jeremiah Koung Cabinet
Legislature Senate President Pro Tempore House of Representatives Speaker
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice: Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh Human rights
Elections Recent elections General: 2017 2023 Senate: 2014 2020
Political parties Unity Party Congress for Democratic Change Alternative National Congress Liberty Party
Administrative divisions Counties Districts Clans
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Sara Beysolow Diplomatic missions of / in Liberia Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Liberia portal Other countries
v t e

The Supreme Court of Liberia is the highest judicial body in Liberia. The court consists of the Chief Justice of Liberia, who is also the top Judiciary official,^[1] 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.^[2]

Article III of the Constitution of Liberia stipulates judiciary as one of the three branches of government that ought to be equal and coordinated based on the principle of checks and balances. The court was originally authorized by the 1839 Constitution of the American Colonization Society signed on 5 January 1839, while subsequent constitutions continued to authorize a supreme court, with the 1984 Constitution as the most recent version. The powers and structure of the court are determined by Article VII of the 1984 constitution. The Supreme Court is granted original jurisdiction over constitutional questions, cases in which the country is a party, and cases where ministers or ambassadors are involved by the Constitution.

The Supreme Court, as in other democratic countries, is found to be the weakest among the three arms of democracy. Trial by ordeal is prohibited by the court, but it is still practiced commonly in modern times to adjudge cases.^{[citation needed]}