High Court of Galicia

High Court of Justice of Galicia
Tribunal Superior de Xustiza de Galicia
Established 1989
Country Galicia
Location Pazo de Xustiza, A Coruña
Coordinates 43°21′53″N 8°24′26″W / 43.364630°N 8.407229°W
Composition method Partisan election
Authorized by Lei Orgánica do Poder Xudicial, 1989
Decisions are appealed to Spanish Supreme Court
Website www.xunta.es
President of the High Court of Justice of Galicia
Currently Miguel Cadenas
Since 23 December 2008

The High Court of Justice of Galicia (Galician: Tribunal Superior de Xustiza de Galicia, TSXG) is the highest body and last judicial instance in the Galician jurisdiction, integrating the Spanish judiciary. Together with the Parliament of Galicia (legislative branch) and the Galician Government (executive branch), the TSXG is one of the three main institutions representing Galicia's self-government, as established and regulated by the Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981.

The TSXG regulates the functions of the judges and looks over the different provincial courts. The TSXG is the final appellate court in Galician territory, notwithstanding the right of a citizen to appeal to the Spanish Supreme Court and/or the European Court of Justice.

The TSXG was created on 23 March 1989 with the Organic Law of Judicial Authority (Galician: Lei Orgánica do Poder Xudicial), as part of the process of devolution to Galicia from the Spanish government, started in 1979. Its headquarters are located at the Pazo do Xustiza, A Coruña.

Composition

Organization

The High Court of Justice of consists of three courts, although a fourth, for Minors, has been proposed.

President

Appointment process

Candidates need to obtain a three fifths (13) supermajority of the 21 votes of the General Council of Judicial Authority (Spanish: Consejo General del Poder Judicial).

Current

The current president of the court is the progressive magistrate Miguel Ángel Cadenas Sobreira. He was elected to this post by his peers in a vote on the 23 December 2008 by 13 votes to 7, with one abstension.[1]

Former presidents

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