Supreme Court of Iceland

E150086

court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of Iceland is the country's highest judicial authority, serving as the final court of appeal in its legal system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hæstiréttur Íslands	1
Icelandic Supreme Court	1
Supreme Court of Iceland canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appealFrom	district courts of Iceland ⓘ
appliesLaw	Constitution of Iceland ⓘ regulations and administrative rules of Iceland ⓘ statutory law of Iceland ⓘ
appointmentProcess	appointments based on recommendations from the Judicial Council ⓘ judges appointed by the President of Iceland ⓘ
bindingPrecedentFor	lower courts in Iceland ⓘ
branchOf	Judiciary of Iceland ⓘ
buildingLocation	Supreme Court building, Reykjavík ⓘ
buildingType	courthouse ⓘ
city	Reykjavík, Iceland ⓘ surface form: Reykjavík
composition	professional judges only ⓘ
country	Iceland ⓘ
employer	judges of the Supreme Court of Iceland ⓘ
establishedBy	Act of the Althing on the Supreme Court of Iceland ⓘ
governingBody	Althing ⓘ surface form: Althing (for legislation defining its powers)
handles	appeals on points of law ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	interpretation of Icelandic law ⓘ interpretation of the Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ limited original jurisdiction ⓘ
hasPosition	President of the Supreme Court of Iceland ⓘ
hears	administrative law cases ⓘ civil cases ⓘ constitutional cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
inception	1920 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Iceland ⓘ
languageOfWork	Icelandic ⓘ
legalSystem	Icelandic legal system ⓘ
legalTradition	civil law ⓘ
locatedIn	Reykjavík, Iceland ⓘ surface form: Reykjavík
locatedInCountry	Iceland ⓘ
nativeLabel	Supreme Court of Iceland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hæstiréttur Íslands
numberOfJudges	7 ⓘ
oversees	uniform application of law in Iceland ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Iceland ⓘ surface form: Courts of Iceland
precededBy	Supreme Court in Copenhagen for Icelandic cases ⓘ
region	Capital Region of Iceland ⓘ
role	court of final appeal in Iceland ⓘ highest judicial authority in Iceland ⓘ
shortName	Supreme Court of Iceland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Icelandic Supreme Court
termOfOffice	judges appointed for life, with mandatory retirement age ⓘ
website	https://www.haestirettur.is ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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Input

Subject: Supreme Court of Iceland
Description of subject: The Supreme Court of Iceland is the country's highest judicial authority, serving as the final court of appeal in its legal system.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reykjavík, Iceland → hostsInstitution → Supreme Court of Iceland ⓘ

subject surface form: Reykjavík

Supreme Court of Iceland → nativeLabel → Supreme Court of Iceland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hæstiréttur Íslands

Supreme Court of Iceland → shortName → Supreme Court of Iceland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Icelandic Supreme Court