WAEC Government 2004 Theory question 103

Any five or six: independence from the executive and legislature; impartiality; political neutrality (judges do not do partisan politics); professionalism (judges are trained lawyers); security of tenure; judicial immunity for acts done in office; permanence/continuity of the institution; hierarchy of courts with right of appeal; follows due process and judicial precedent; bound by a code of conduct; open trials.

Each characteristic should be named and briefly explained.