Supreme Court of the Netherlands

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court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands is the country’s highest judicial body, responsible for final appeals in civil, criminal, and tax cases and for ensuring uniform interpretation of Dutch law.

Aliases (1)

Dutch Supreme Court ×1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort → judicial body → supreme court →
alsoKnownAs	Dutch Supreme Court →
appointedBy	Crown of the Netherlands →
constitutionalPosition	independent branch of government →
country	Netherlands →
decidesOn	questions of law →
decisionsAre	binding on lower courts →
doesNotDecideOn	questions of fact →
establishedIn	1838 →
function	develops case law → promotes legal certainty → promotes legal unity → reviews application of law rather than facts →
hasDivision	civil law division → criminal law division → tax law division →
hasJurisdictionOver	civil law matters → criminal law matters → tax law matters →
headedBy	President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands →
hearsAppealsFrom	Courts of Appeal of the Netherlands →
jurisdiction	Netherlands →
languageOfProceedings	Dutch →
legalBasis	Dutch Constitution → Judiciary Organization Act of the Netherlands →
legalSystem	civil law →
locatedIn	Netherlands → South Holland → The Hague →
nativeName	Hoge Raad der Nederlanden →
partOf	judiciary of the Netherlands →
regionServed	Kingdom of the Netherlands (European part) →
role	court of final appeal in civil cases → court of final appeal in criminal cases → court of final appeal in tax cases → ensures uniform interpretation of Dutch law → highest judicial body in the Netherlands →
seat	The Hague →
shortName	Hoge Raad →
typeOfAppeals	cassation appeals →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Supreme Court of the Netherlands ("Dutch Supreme Court") →	alsoKnownAs
The Hague →	contains
Dutch courts →	hasLevel
Dutch courts →	hasTopCourt
Caribbean Netherlands →	highestCourt