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Judicial branch Georgia, in 34 editions.
The entry for Georgia published Judicial branch in 34 editions of 34, from 1992 to 2025. The text changed in 14 editions. Each is shown as published. Judicial branch in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 14
- the first edition with it
- 1992
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Judicial branch” (1992 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 6 editions, 1992 to 1997.
Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Supreme Court, judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's recommendation; Constitutional Court
Supreme Court, judges elected by the Supreme Council
on the president's recommendation; Constitutional Court
Supreme Court, judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's recommendation; Constitutional Court
Supreme Court, judges elected by the Supreme Council
Council on the president's recommendation; Constitutional Court
Supreme Court, judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's recommendation; Constitutional Court
Supreme Court, judges elected by the Supreme
The same text in 3 editions, 2001 to 2003.
Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's recommendation); Constitutional Court
Supreme Court, judges Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's recommendation; recommendation); Constitutional Court
The same text in 2004 and 2005.
- Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's recommendation);
- Constitutional Court;
- first and second instance courts
Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on the president's recommendation); Constitutional Court Court; first and second instance courts
The same text in 7 editions, 2006 to 2012.
- 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 (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
The same text in 2013 and 2014.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia);
- Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)
note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament;
- judges serve not less than 10-year terms;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges, and presidential and parliamentary appointees;
- judges appointed for 10-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
Rewritten: too little of the 2012 text remains to mark the changes.
highest court(s):
Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)
note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
judge selection and term of office:
Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament; judges serve not less than 10-year terms; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges, and presidential and parliamentary appointees; judges appointed for 10-year terms
subordinate courts:
Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia);
- Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)
note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament;
- judges serve not less than 10-year terms;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges, and presidential and parliamentary appointees;
- judges appointed for 10-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
highest court(s):
note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
judge selection and term of office:
subordinate courts:
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia);
- Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges);
- note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
note: Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament; judges serve not less than 10-year terms; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges, and presidential and parliamentary appointees; judges appointed for 10-year terms
- judge selection and term of office:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
- subordinate courts:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
highest court(s): Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)judges); note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courtsjudge selection and term of office: note: Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament; judges serve not less than 10-year terms; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges, and presidential and parliamentary appointees; judges appointed for 10-year terms
judge selection and term of office: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia);
- Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges);
- note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament;
- judges serve not less than 10-year terms;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges and presidential and parliamentary appointees;
- judges appointed for 10-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
highest court(s): Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges); note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courtsnote: judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament; judges serve not less than 10-year terms; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges, judges and presidential and parliamentary appointees; judges appointed for 10-year terms
judge selection and term of office: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia);
- Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges);
- note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament;
- judges serve not less than 10-year terms;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges and presidential and parliamentary appointees;
- judges appointed for 10-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
highest court(s): courts: Supreme Court (organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges); note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Parliament; judges serve not less than 10-year terms; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president following candidate selection by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges and presidential and parliamentary appointees; judges appointed for 10-year terms
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2019 to 2021.
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia);
- Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges);
- note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by Parliament;
- judges appointed for life;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed 3 each by the president, by Parliament, and by the Supreme Court judges;
- judges appointed for 10-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
highest courts: Supreme Court (organized (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges); note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by the Parliament; judges serve not less than 10-year terms; appointed for life; Constitutional Court judges appointed 3 each by the president following candidate selection president, by the Justice Council of Georgia, a 12-member consultative body of high-level judges and presidential Parliament, and parliamentary appointees; by the Supreme Court judges; judges appointed for 10-year terms
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia);
- Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges);
- note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by Parliament;
- judges appointed for life;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed 3 each by the president, by Parliament, and by the Supreme Court judges;
- judges appointed for 10-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
highest courts: court(s): Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges); note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by Parliament; judges appointed for life; Constitutional Court judges appointed 3 each by the president, by Parliament, and by the Supreme Court judges; judges appointed for 10-year terms
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia);
- Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by Parliament;
- judges appointed for life;
- Constitutional Court judges appointed 3 each by the president, by Parliament, and by the Supreme Court judges;
- judges appointed for 10-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
note: the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges); note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts judges)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by Parliament; judges appointed for life; Constitutional Court judges appointed 3 each by the president, by Parliament, and by the Supreme Court judges; judges appointed for 10-year terms
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts
note: the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Georgia: Judicial branch.” The World Factbook, 1992–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/georgia/judicial-branch.