institution
Department of Justice
Does not direct courts in individual cases or state police investigations.
ID
INST-DEPARTMENT-JUSTICEAliases JusticeParent body: Federal Executive Council
- Type
- institution
- Jurisdiction
- federal justice policy
- Status
- active
- Head
- Minister for Justice
- Deputy
- Minister of State for Courts and Corrections
- Appointment
- INST-FEDERAL-EXECUTIVE-COUNCIL
- Dismissal
- Prime Minister through the Federal Executive Council
- Reports to
- INST-PARLIAMENT
- Oversight
- House Justice Committee and Senate Legal Affairs Committee
- Founded
- 1961