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• Supreme Court (or High Court) regulates activities of courts and tribunals;
• Council of State regulates body of activities of the administrative jurisdictions;
• Tribunal of Conflicts settles conflicts between the Supreme Court and the Tribunal of Conflicts

• Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional;
• Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo;
• Court of Auditions or Tribunal de Contas;
• Supreme Military Court or Supremo Tribunal Militar;
• judges for all courts appointed by the president

• Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle (7 members; 4 appointed by the National Assembly, 3 appointed by the President; appointed for a 5-year term for one term);
• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (President of the Supreme Court appointed by the President for a 5-year term);
• High Court of Justice (composed of members of the Constitutional Court and 6 members appointed by the National Assembly)

• High Court;
• Court of Appeal;
• Magistrates' Courts (one in each district)

• Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation;
• Council of State or Conseil d'Etat;
• Court of Accounts or la Cour des Comptes;
• Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel

• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme;
• Constitutional Court;
• High Court of Justice (composed of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court)

• Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia;
• Court of Audit;
• Military Courts;
• Fiscal and Customs Courts

• Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president);
• High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and six substitute judges; elected by the National Assembly)

• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme;
• Constitutional Court (three judges appointed by the president, three by the president of the National Assembly, and three by fellow judges);
• Court of Appeal;
• Criminal Courts;
• Inferior Courts

• Supreme Court;
• Constitutional Council;
• High Court of Justice;
• Court of Appeal;
• Criminal Courts;
• Magistrate Courts

Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed by the president, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, one elected by the Council of each island, and others are former presidents of the republic)

• Constitutional Court;
• Appeals Court or Cour de Cassation;
• Council of State;
• High Military Court;
• plus civil and military courts and tribunals

Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of four chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases, and Administrative Chamber for civil cases;
• there is no legal limit to the number of members

Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court

• Court of Cassation (final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases);
• State Council (head of court system administration);
• Supreme Constitutional Court (jurisdiction limited to constitutionality of laws)

Supreme Tribunal

Supreme Court; Regional, subregional, and village courts

• Supreme Court;
• High Court;
• judges for both courts are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission

Federal Supreme Court (the president and vice president of the Federal Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; for other federal judges, the prime minister submits to the House of People's Representatives for appointment candidates selected by the Federal Judicial Administrative Council)

• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers - Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts;
• Constitutional Court;
• Courts of Appeal;
• Court of State Security;
• county courts

Supreme Court

• Supreme Court;
• High Court;
• Court of Appeal;
• regional tribunals

• Constitutional Court;
• Court of First Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance;
• Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel;
• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

• Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine justices appointed by the president and serve at his pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases);
• Regional Courts (one in each of nine regions; first court of appeals for Sectoral Court decisions; hear all felony cases and civil cases valued at more than $1,000);
• 24 Sectoral Courts (judges are not necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases valued at less than $1,000 and misdemeanor criminal cases)

• Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by the president);
• High Court;
• note - the constitution promulgated in August 2010 specifies three superior courts consisting of a Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and High Court, and three subordinate courts consisting of Magistrate courts, Kadhis courts (sentences according to Muslim law), and Courts Martial

• High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch acting on the advice of the prime minister);
• Court of Appeal;
• Magistrate Courts;
• customary or traditional courts

Supreme Court

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Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle

• Supreme Court of Appeal;
• High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission);
• magistrate's courts

Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme;
• Court of Appeals;
• lower courts

Supreme Court

Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel

Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendation of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by the monarch)

• Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of its professional judges are appointed by the president, and some are elected by the Assembly);
• other courts include an Administrative Court, Constitutional Court, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courts

Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission)

• Constitutional Court (7 judges with 6-year terms, nominated by the President);
• Court of Cassation (highest court dealing with judicial matters);
• Council of State (highest court dealing with administrative matters);
• Court of Finances (highest court dealing with public finances)

• Supreme Court (judges recommended by the National Judicial Council and appointed by the president);
• Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government from a pool of judges recommended by the National Judicial Council)

• Supreme Court;
• High Courts of the Republic;
• Provincial Courts;
• District Courts;
• mediation committees

Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

• Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the National Assembly);
• Constitutional Court (five judges appointed by the National Assembly for five year terms);
• Court of First Instance;
• Audit Court

• Constitutional Council;
• Council of State;
• Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation;
• Court of Appeals

• Court of Appeal;
• Supreme Court;
• judges for both courts are appointed by the president

• Supreme Court;
• Appeals Court;
• High Court

• Constitutional Court;
• Federal Government-level courts;
• Federal Member-level courts

note: these courts have yet to be established; in their absence most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional Somali customary law, or sharia (Islamic) law with a provision for appeal of all sentences

• Constitutional Court;
• Supreme Court of Appeals;
• High Courts;
• Magistrate Courts

• Supreme Court,
• Courts of Appeal,
• High Courts,
• County Courts

• Constitutional Court of nine justices;
• National Supreme Court;
• National Courts of Appeal;
• other national courts;
• National Judicial Service Commission will undertake overall management of the National Judiciary

• Permanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman);
• Court of Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges);
• High Court (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the president; holds regular sessions in all regions);
• District Courts;
• Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to the higher courts)

• Constitutional Court;
• High Court of Justice;
• Supreme Court or Cour Supreme;
• Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel;
• Court of Audits

Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation

Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases)

Supreme Court; High Court

High Court or Eggartuussisuuneqarfia (Landsret) (appeals can be made to the Ostre Landsret or Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court in Copenhagen)

Supreme Court or Haestirettur (justices are appointed for life by the president); eight district courts (justices are appointed for life by the president)

highest courts:

Supreme Court or Stera Mahkama; consists of 9 judges

judge selection & term of office:

justices appointed by the president with the endorsement of the Wolesi Jirga; justices serve non-renewable 10-year terms

subordinate courts:

Cassation and sharia

Constitutional Court; Court of Cassation (Appeals Court)

• Constitutional Court the president proposes judges of all the courts to the Parliament which appoints them;
• Supreme Court;
• Economic Court

Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges are appointed by the president)

• Supreme Court of Appeal (the monarch);
• High Court (judges appointed by the monarch);
• note - the draft constitution establishes a Supreme Court that will serve as chief court of appeal

• Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National People's Congress);
• Local People's Courts (comprise higher, intermediate, and basic courts);
• Special People's Courts (primarily military, maritime, railway transportation, and forestry courts)

• Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's or chairman of the Supreme Court's recommendation);
• Constitutional Court;
• first and second instance courts

Supreme Court (one chief justice and 25 associate justices are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65 or are removed for "proved misbehavior")

Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the monarch after designation by the cabinet; all other justices are appointed by the cabinet)

Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (seven members)

Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme People's Assembly)

• Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president with consent of National Assembly);
• Constitutional Court (justices appointed by the president based partly on nominations by National Assembly and Chief Justice of the court)

• Supreme Court;
• Constitutional Court (judges of both the Supreme and Constitutional Courts are appointed for 10-year terms by the Jogorku Kengesh on the recommendation of the president; their mandatory retirement age is 70 years);
• Higher Court of Arbitration;
• Local Courts (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council on Legal Affairs for a probationary period of five years, then 10 years)

• Supreme Court;
• Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval of voting members of the People's Council;
• High Court;
• Trial Courts;
• all lower court judges are appointed by the Judicial Service Commission

• Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts; judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts and approved by the president);
• Constitutional Court (this independent court resolves disputes about potentially unconstitutional laws and acts of the president, members of parliament, and the cabinet)

Supreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (the president appoints the chief justice on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the chief justice appoints other judges on the recommendation of the Judicial Council)

Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president); Federal Islamic or Sharia Court

• Constitutional Court;
• Supreme Court;
• Supreme Arbitration Court;
• judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president

• Supreme Court;
• Court of Appeals;
• judges for both courts are appointed by the president

Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Constitutional Court, Supreme Economic Court

Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High Commercial Court

• Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly);
• Constitutional Court,
• Arbitration Court,
• Higher Economic Court

High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court)

• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court consisting of a High Court of Justice and a Court of Appeal (based in Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court are residents of the islands and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction);
• Magistrates' Courts;
• member of the Caribbean Court of Justice

Common Court of Justice, Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

• Privy Council in London;
• Courts of Appeal;
• Supreme (lower) Court;
• Magistrates' Courts

• Supreme Court of Judicature consists of a High Court and a Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the Service Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services);
• Caribbean Court of Justice or CCJ is the highest court of appeal;
• based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

• Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister);
• Court of Appeal;
• Privy Council in the UK;
• member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ);
• Summary Jurisdiction Courts (criminal) and District Courts (civil jurisdiction)

• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal (one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court);
• Magistrate's Court;
• Juvenile Court;
• Court of Summary Jurisdiction

• Grand Court;
• Cayman Islands Court of Appeal;
• Summary Court

Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are elected for renewable eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)

People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president, vice presidents, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly)

Common Court of Justice, Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

Magistrates Court, a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Court of Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the six judges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)

Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the National Judicial Council comprised of the president, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the president of the Supreme Court, and an additional non-governing party congressional representative)

Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges are selected by the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges are assigned to four Supreme Court chambers - constitutional, civil, penal, and administrative conflict)

• local Magistrate's Courts handle limited criminal and civil matters;
• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of a court of Appeal and a High Court of Justice (two High Court judges are assigned to and reside in Grenada);
• Itinerant Court of Appeal three judges;
• member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

• Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad is Guatemala's highest court (five judges and five alternate judges are elected by Congress for concurrent five-year terms);
• Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (13 members are elected by Congress to serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president of the Court each year from among their number; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around the country, who are named to five-year terms)

Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation

Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress)

• Supreme Court (judges appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister);
• Court of Appeal;
• Privy Council in UK;
• member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia, one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court)

• Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly);
• note - in 2010, President ORTEGA directly replaced seven justices on the Supreme Court

• Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed for staggered 10-year terms);
• five superior courts;
• three courts of appeal

• Supreme Court;
• Appellate Court;
• Court of First Instance composed of two sections: a Superior Court and a Municipal Court (justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate)

• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consisting of a Court of Appeal and a High Court; based on Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Kitts and Nevis);
• member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consists of a High Court and a Court of Appeals; based on Saint Lucia; three judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Lucia);
• member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consisting of a High Court and Court of Appeals; based on Saint Lucia; two judges of the Supreme Court reside in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Common Court of Justice, Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch)

• Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission);
• the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London;
• member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

• US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under Third Circuit jurisdiction);
• Superior Court of the Virgin Islands (judges appointed by the governor for 10-year terms)

• Constitutional Court consists of 9 members appointed by the president with the consent of the Assembly who serve 9-year terms (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term);
• the High Court members appointed by the president with the consent of the Assembly for a 9-year term;
• note - there are also courts of appeal and courts of first instance

higher judicial bodies:

• Supreme Council of Justice or Consell Superior de la Justicia (coprinces appoint the members);
• oversees and administers the entire justice system;
• Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra (5 members)

three lower courts:

• Tribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles;
• Tribunal of the Courts or Tribunal de Corts;
• Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional (coprinces appoint the members)

note: all judges elected for a 6-year term renewable term

• Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof;
• Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof;
• Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof

• Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president);
• Constitutional Court (half of the judges appointed by the president and half appointed by the Chamber of Representatives)

• Constitutional Court (12 judges, 6 Dutch-speaking and 6 French-speaking, appointed by the King);
• Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) or Cour de Cassation (in French) (judges are appointed for life by the government; candidacies have to be submitted by the High Justice Council)

BiH Constitutional Court (consists of nine members:

four members are selected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives, two members by the Republika Srpska's National Assembly, and three non-Bosnian members by the president of the European Court of Human Rights); BiH State Court (consists of 44 national judges and seven international judges and has three divisions - Administrative, Appellate and Criminal - having jurisdiction over cases related to state-level law and cases initiated in the entities that question BiH's sovereignty, political independence, or national security or with economic crimes that have serious repercussions to BiH's economy, beyond that of an entity or Brcko District); a War Crimes Chamber opened in March 2005

note: the entities each have a Constitutional Court; each entity also has a number of lower courts; there are 10 cantonal courts in the Federation, plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has five district courts and a number of municipal courts

• independent judiciary comprised of judges, prosecutors and investigating magistrates who are appointed, promoted, demoted, and dismissed by a 25-member Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 members, half of whom are elected by the National Assembly and the other half by the bodies of the judiciary for a 5-year term in office);
• three levels of case review;
• 182 courts of which two Supreme Courts act as the last instance on civil and criminal cases (the Supreme Court of Cassation) and appeals of government decisions (the Supreme Administrative Court)

• Supreme Court;
• Constitutional Court;
• judges for both courts are appointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the Republic, which is elected by the Assembly

• Supreme Court;
• judges are appointed by the president for an unlimited term;
• Constitutional Court;
• 15 judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate for a 10-year term;
• Supreme Administrative Court;
• chairman and deputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term;
• judges are appointed by the president for an unlimited term

Supreme Court (judges are appointed for life by the monarch)

Supreme Court (chairman appointed for life by Parliament)

• Court of Justice of the European Union (ensures that the treaties are interpreted and applied uniformly throughout the EU, resolves disputed issues among the EU institutions, issues opinions on questions of EU law referred by member state courts) - 27 judges (one from each member state) appointed for a six-year term;
• note - the court can sit in chambers, in a "Grand Chamber" of 13 judges, or as the full court;
• General Court (a court below the Court of Justice) - 27 judges appointed for a six-year term;
• Civil Service Tribunal - 7 judges appointed for a three-year term

The Faroese Court or Raett (Rett (Danish)) decides both civil and criminal cases; the Court is part of the Danish legal system

general courts - deal with criminal and civil cases (include district courts, Courts of Appeal, and the Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus, whose judges are appointed by the president); administrative courts

• Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges are appointed by the president from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary);
• Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (three members appointed by the president, three appointed by the president of the National Assembly, and three appointed by the president of the Senate);
• Council of State or Conseil d'Etat

• Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat);
• Federal Court of Justice;
• Federal Administrative Court

Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

• Supreme Civil and Criminal Court;
• all judges are appointed for life by the president after consultation with a judicial council;
• Supreme Administrative Court and Court of Auditors;
• Courts of Appeal;
• Courts of First Instance

Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)

there are three tribunals responsible for civil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three other tribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy See

note: judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio, papal directive, of Pope PIUS XII on 1 May 1946

• Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly for nine-year terms);
• Curia (highest court; head of Curia elected by National Assembly, the other judges elected by the president on recommendation of the head of the National Office of the Courts, a separate administrative body);
• Regional Courts of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president)

• Supreme Court (Court of Final Appeal) (judges appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister and cabinet);
• Courts of First Instance (includes High Court)

High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)

• Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (composed of 15 judges: one-third appointed by the president, one-third elected by parliament, one-third elected by the ordinary and administrative Supreme Courts);
• Supreme Court of Cassation or Corte Suprema di Cassazione

Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff); Court of Appeal of Jersey

• Supreme Court;
• Appellate Court;
• basic courts;
• Constitutional Court

note: the Law on Courts, which went into effect on 1 January 2011, provided for a reorganization of the court system; the Kosovo Constitution dictates that the Supreme Court of Kosovo is the highest judicial authority, and provides for a Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) that proposes to the president candidates for appointment or reappointment as judges and prosecutors; the KJC is also responsible for decisions on the promotion and transfer of judges and disciplinary proceedings against judges; at least 15 percent of Supreme Court and district court judges shall be from non-majority communities

Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by parliament); Constitutional Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by parliament)

• Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgericht;
• Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof;
• Court of Appeal or Obergericht

• Constitutional Court;
• Supreme Court;
• Court of Appeal;
• judges for all courts appointed by the president, with Seimas approval required for judges on the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court

• Constitutional Court;
• judicial courts and tribunals (Superior Court of Justice includes Court of Appeal and Court of Cassation, 2 district tribunals, 3 lesser tribunals);
• administrative courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, Administrative Tribunal and Administrative Court);
• judges for all courts are appointed for life by the monarch

• Constitutional Court;
• Court of First Instance;
• Court of Appeal

note: magistrates and judges for the courts are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister

Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority for constitutional judicature)

Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)

Constitutional Court (five judges serve nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure)

Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch)

• Supreme Court;
• Constitutional Court;
• Judicial Council

note: the Judicial Council appoints all basic, appellate, and supreme court judges; Legislative Assembly appoints Constitutional Court Judges

Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by the monarch)

• Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for an indefinite period);
• Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen by the Sejm for nine-year terms)

• Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) consists of 13 judges (10 appointed by the Assembly and 3 are coopted by the 10 judges) for six-year terms;
• Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal de Justica);
• Audit Court (auditoria do Tribunal);
• Supreme Administrative Court (Supremo Tribunal Administrativo);
• all judges are appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura

• Supreme Court of Justice (comprised of 11 judges appointed for three-year terms by the president in consultation with the Superior Council of Magistrates, which is comprised of the minister of justice, the prosecutor general, two civil society representatives appointed by the Senate, and 14 judges and prosecutors elected by their peers);
• a separate body, the Constitutional Court, validates elections and makes decisions regarding the constitutionality of laws, treaties, ordinances, and internal rules of the Parliament;
• it is comprised of nine members serving nine-year terms, with three members each appointed by the president, the Senate, and the Chamber of Deputies

Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII

• courts of general jurisdiction (municipal courts, district courts, Appellate Courts, the Supreme Court of Cassation);
• courts of special jurisdiction (commercial courts, the High Commercial Court, the High Magistrates Court, the Administrative Court)

• Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council);
• Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council)

• Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council);
• Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president)

Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo; Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucioanal de Espana

Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen; Supreme Administrative Court note: the Supreme Court is the highest court of general jurisdiction and the Supreme Administrative Court is the highest administrative court

Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly)

Supreme Court; Constitutional Court

• Supreme Court of the UK (established in October 2009 taking over appellate jurisdiction formerly vested in the House of Lords is the final court of appeal);
• Senior Courts of England and Wales (comprising the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Justice, and the Crown Courts);
• Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland);
• Scotland's Court of Session and High Court of the Justiciary

• The Court headed by a resident judge and senior judges from the UK as needed;
• note - the laws of the Sovereign Base Areas are kept as close as possible to the laws of the Republic of Cyprus;
• concerned with non-military offenses by any person within Akrotiri and Dhekalia

High Civil Appeals Court

Supreme Court (judges are appointed jointly by the president and vice president); subordinate courts

note: there is also a "Supreme Court" in the area administered by Turkish Cypriots

see Akrotiri

• The Supreme Court (Qeveh Qazaieh) and the four-member High Council of the Judiciary have a single head and overlapping responsibilities;
• together they supervise the enforcement of all laws and establish judicial and legal policies;
• lower courts include a special clerical court, a revolutionary court, and a special administrative court

the Iraq Constitution calls for the federal judicial power to be comprised of the Higher Judicial Council, Federal Supreme Court, Federal Court of Cassation, Public Prosecution Department, Judiciary Oversight Commission and other federal courts that are regulated in accordance with the law

Supreme Court (justices appointed by Judicial Selection Committee - made up of all three branches of the government; mandatory retirement age is 70)

Court of Cassation (Supreme Court)

High Court of Appeal