Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan

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court bench judicial body

The Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is the court’s full, 15-justice panel that handles constitutional and other most significant legal cases in the Japanese judiciary.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan canonical	3

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court bench ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
authorityLevel	highest judicial authority in Japan ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of Japan ⓘ
canOverrule	its own prior precedents under certain conditions ⓘ precedents of the Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
composition	14 associate justices of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ Chief Justice of Japan ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article 81 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
decisionRule	decisions generally made by majority vote ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
handles	cases involving conflicts of constitutional interpretation ⓘ cases where a statute is alleged to be unconstitutional ⓘ important cases referred by Petty Benches ⓘ
hears	administrative cases of great importance ⓘ civil cases of great importance ⓘ criminal cases of great importance ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus	court of last resort in constitutional matters in Japan ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system ⓘ
locatedIn	Chiyoda, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan ⓘ Supreme Court of Japan Building ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Japan building Tokyo ⓘ
numberOfJudges	15 ⓘ
officialNameInJapanese	大法廷 ⓘ 最高裁判所大法廷 ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
power	final authority to determine constitutionality of any law, order, regulation or official act ⓘ
quorumRequirement	requires a quorum of justices to sit ⓘ
relatedConcept	constitutional law of Japan ⓘ judicial review in Japan ⓘ
role	decides the constitutionality of administrative actions ⓘ decides the constitutionality of statutes ⓘ exercises judicial review ⓘ hears appeals from the Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ hears cases of great legal importance ⓘ hears certain cases directly from lower courts in limited circumstances ⓘ hears constitutional cases ⓘ interprets the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
superiorTo	Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ surface form: Petty Benches of the Supreme Court of Japan
typeOfCourt	apex court bench ⓘ

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Subject: Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
Description of subject: The Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan is the court’s full, 15-justice panel that handles constitutional and other most significant legal cases in the Japanese judiciary.

Referenced by (3)

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

Third Small Bench → contrastWith → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan → reservesCasesFor → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ

Petty Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan → higherCourt → Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ