Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Portugal

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Portugal

Constitution President Aníbal Cavaco Silva Assembly of the Republic Government Prime Minister José Sócrates Council of Ministers Supreme Court of Justice Constitutional Court Council of State Elections: 2006 - 2005 Political Parties Subdivisions Politics of the European Union Foreign relations

Other countries · Atlas  Politics Portal view • talk • edit

Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice (Portuguese: Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, pron. IPA: [su'pɾemu tɾibu'naɫ dɨ ʒuʃ'tisɐ]) is the highest court of law in Portugal without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Portuguese Constitutional Court.

The President of the Supreme Court of Justice is elected by and among the members of the court.

The competences of the Supreme Court of Justice are the following:

• To try the President of the Republic, the President of the Assembly of the Republic and the Prime-Minister for crimes committed during the exercise of their Office

• To harmonize rulings by setting uniform jurisprudence

• To hear appeals in matters of Law

• To try the crimes committed by the members of the Supreme Court, of the Courts of Appeal or Public Prosecutors

[edit] References

• The Courts

[edit] See also

• Portuguese court system
  • Portuguese Constitutional Court.
  • Portuguese Court of Audits.
  • Portuguese Supreme Administrative Court.
• Politics of Portugal
• Portuguese Constitution

[edit] External links

• Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice