Superior Courts of Justice of Peru

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The Superior Courts of Justice of Peru are the country’s intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from lower courts and operate below the Supreme Court in the national judiciary hierarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court system
intermediate appellate court
appliesLaw Constitution of Peru
Peruvian national legislation
procedural codes of Peru
branchOfPower Judicial branch
canReview interpretation of law by lower courts
procedural errors of lower courts
country Peru
decisionFormat collegiate decisions
decisionsAppealableTo Supreme Court of Peru
surface form: Supreme Court of Justice of Peru
employs administrative staff
court clerks
judges
geographicalScope regional
governedBy Organic Law of the Judiciary of Peru
surface form: Organic Law of the Judicial Branch of Peru
hasAuthorityOver lower ordinary courts within their district
hasFunction ensure uniform application of law within their district
hear appeals from lower courts
review questions of fact
review questions of law
hasRoleIn administration of justice in Peru
protection of fundamental rights through appeals
hasSeatIn regional capitals of Peru
hasTypeOfJurisdiction civil jurisdiction
constitutional matters in second instance
contentious-administrative jurisdiction
criminal jurisdiction
family jurisdiction
labor jurisdiction
headedBy senior judges
hearsAppealsFrom collegiate trial courts of Peru
single-judge trial courts of Peru
jurisdictionLevel second instance
languageOfProceedings Spanish
legalNature public authority
legalSystem civil law
operatesBelow Supreme Court of Peru
surface form: Supreme Court of Justice of Peru
organizedBy judicial districts
partOf Judiciary of Peru
surface form: Judicial Branch of Peru
reviewsDecisionsFrom Courts of First Instance of Peru
subjectTo Constitutional Court of Peru
surface form: Constitutional Court of Peru in constitutional review matters

oversight of the National Council of the Magistracy of Peru
oversight of the Office of Judicial Control of Peru
typeOfOrganization state judiciary body
uses panels of judges

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Supreme Court of Peru above Superior Courts of Justice of Peru
Supreme Court of Peru above Superior Courts of Justice of Peru
this entity surface form: Courts of First Instance in Peru
Criminal Chambers hearsFrom Superior Courts of Justice of Peru
subject surface form: Criminal Chambers of the Supreme Court of Peru
Courts of First Instance decisionAppealableTo Superior Courts of Justice of Peru
subject surface form: Courts of First Instance (Peru)
Organic Law of the Judiciary of Peru appliesTo Superior Courts of Justice of Peru
this entity surface form: Superior Courts of Peru
Courts of First Instance of Peru canBeAppealedTo Superior Courts of Justice of Peru