PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) – Caribbean leaders inaugurated a court Saturday that will serve as the highest judicial body for much of the region, a step toward shedding their 170-year-old dependence on Britain’s Privy Council that many have resented as a vestige of colonialism.
Saturday’s inauguration came after years of delays and despite political and legal obstacles still facing several countries trying to remove themselves from the jurisdiction of the London-based Privy Council.
“It’s a birth that has not been without complications,” said Chief Justice Michael de la Bastide.
Details here from the AP via the Guardian Unlimited.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) – Caribbean leaders inaugurated a court Saturday that will serve as the highest judicial body for much of the region, a step toward shedding their 170-year-old dependence on Britain’s Privy Council that many have resented as a vestige of colonialism.
Saturday’s inauguration came after years of delays and despite political and legal obstacles still facing several countries trying to remove themselves from the jurisdiction of the London-based Privy Council.
“It’s a birth that has not been without complications,” said Chief Justice Michael de la Bastide.
Details here from the AP via the Guardian Unlimited.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) – Caribbean leaders inaugurated a court Saturday that will serve as the highest judicial body for much of the region, a step toward shedding their 170-year-old dependence on Britain’s Privy Council that many have resented as a vestige of colonialism.
Saturday’s inauguration came after years of delays and despite political and legal obstacles still facing several countries trying to remove themselves from the jurisdiction of the London-based Privy Council.
“It’s a birth that has not been without complications,” said Chief Justice Michael de la Bastide.
Details here from the AP via the Guardian Unlimited.
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