high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

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The high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) are intermediate appellate courts within Taiwan’s judiciary that review decisions from lower courts and handle significant civil and criminal cases.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intermediate appellate court system
aim ensure uniform application of law at intermediate level
belongsTo court system of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
canOrder retrial in lower courts
canReview judgments of district courts
country Republic of China
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
courtLevel second instance
decides appeals on matters of fact
appeals on matters of law
employs high court judges
establishedBy laws of the Republic of China
handles significant civil cases
significant criminal cases
hasComponent Changhua Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
Hsinchu Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hualien Branch Court of Taiwan High Court

Kaohsiung Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
Kinmen Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
Matsu Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
Pingtung Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
Taichung Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
Tainan Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
Taiwan High Court
Taoyuan Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
headedBy president of the high court
higherCourt Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
judicialBranch Judicial Yuan
jurisdiction Republic of China
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
languageOfProceedings Mandarin Chinese
legalSystem civil law system
location Formosa
surface form: Taiwan Island

outlying islands of the Republic of China
lowerCourt district courts of Taiwan
surface form: District Courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
mayInclude collegial panels of judges
officialNameInChinese high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) self-linksurface differs
surface form: 中華民國高等法院體系
partOf Judicial Yuan
positionInHierarchy intermediate court level
reviews appeals from district courts
seatOfMainHighCourt Taipei, Taiwan
surface form: Taipei
subjectTo Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of China
Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of China
Constitution of the Republic of China
Court Organic Act of the Republic of China
surface form: Court Organization Act of the Republic of China
typeOfCases certain first-instance major criminal cases
civil appeals
criminal appeals

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Judicial Yuan oversees high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Vice President of the Judicial Yuan associatedWith high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
this entity surface form: high courts of Taiwan
Supreme Court higherCourtFor high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
subject surface form: Supreme Court (Taiwan)
this entity surface form: High Courts of Taiwan
Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Taiwan) appealsFrom high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
this entity surface form: High Courts of Taiwan
high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) hasComponent high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: High Courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
this entity surface form: Hualien Branch Court of Taiwan High Court
high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) officialNameInChinese high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: High Courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
this entity surface form: 中華民國高等法院體系