The CIA World Factbook Edition 1995 Government
Judicial branch In 36 editions of 36.
Judicial branch was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1995 edition carries it in 231 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 1995 edition
- 231
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Judicial branch” (1990 to 2025).
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Africa
56 entriesRwanda
Constitutional Court consists of the Court of Cassation and the Council of State in joint session
Antarctic Region
1 entryArctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesAfghanistan
an interim Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has been appointed, but a new court system has not yet been organized
Mongolia
Supreme Court serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts, but to date rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts
Russia
- Constitutional Court,
- Supreme Court (highest court for criminal, civil, and administrative cases),
- Superior Court of Arbitration (highest court that resolves economic disputes)
Central America and the Caribbean
30 entriesGuadeloupe
Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel) with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique
Guatemala
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia); additionally the Court of Constitutionality is presided over by the President of the Supreme Court
Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia)
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia)
Europe
46 entriesAndorra
Supreme Court of Andorra at Perpignan (France) for civil cases, the Ecclesiastical Court of the bishop of Seo de Urgel (Spain) for civil cases, Tribunal of the Courts (Tribunal des Cortes) for criminal cases
Austria
- Supreme Judicial Court (Oberster Gerichtshof) for civil and criminal cases,
- Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) for bureaucratic cases,
- Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) for constitutional cases
Liechtenstein
Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof) for criminal cases, Superior Court (Obergericht) for civil cases
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of now North Macedonia
Constitutional Court, Judicial Court of the Republic
Middle East
15 entriesNorth America
5 entriesSaint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Superior Tribunal of Appeals (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)
Oceania
25 entriesWallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna
none; justice generally administered under French law by the chief administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu
South America
14 entriesColombia
- Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justical),
- Constitutional Court,
- Council of State
French Guiana
Court of Appeals (highest local court based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana)
Southeast Asia
15 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- limited;
- remnants of the British-era legal system in place, but there is no guarantee of a fair public trial;
- the judiciary is not independent of the executive
Cambodia
Supreme Court provided for by the constitution has not yet been established and the future judicial system is yet to be defined by law
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1995, “Judicial branch”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/judicial-branch/1995.