Independence:
none (British crown dependency)
National holiday:
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Constitution:
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Legal system:
English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal
Court
Suffrage:
NA years of age; universal adult
Executive branch:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
head of government: Lieutenant Governor Andrew RIDGEWAY (since 14
June 2006); Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since February 1995)
cabinet: committees appointed by the Assembly of the States
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor and
bailiff appointed by the monarch
Legislative branch:
unicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12 senators
(elected for six-year terms), 12 constables or heads of parishes
(elected for three-year terms), 29 deputies (elected for three-year
terms); the bailiff and the deputy bailiff; and three non-voting
members - the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General, and the
Solicitor General all appointed by the monarch)
elections: last held NA (next to be held NA); note - on 23 November
2005, 29 deputies, independents, were elected
election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 55
Judicial branch:
Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)
Political parties and leaders:
none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders:
none