High Courts of Justice of the Autonomous Communities

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The High Courts of Justice of the Autonomous Communities are the highest judicial bodies within each Spanish autonomous community, overseeing the administration of justice at the regional level under Spain’s unified judiciary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court system component
judicial institution category
appealsFromDecisions may be taken to the Supreme Court of Spain in certain cases
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish autonomous communities
appointmentOfPresident by the General Council of the Judiciary of Spain
basedOn Spanish Constitution of 1978 NERFINISHED
belongsTo single judicial organization of Spain
cannotExercise constitutional review of laws reserved to the Constitutional Court of Spain
canReview acts and regulations of local authorities within the community
acts and regulations of regional governments
constitutionalStatus recognized in the Spanish Constitution as part of the unified judiciary
country Spain
distinctFrom Constitutional Court of Spain NERFINISHED
Supreme Court of Spain NERFINISHED
doctrineSubordination bound by case law of the Supreme Court of Spain
ensures uniform application of law within the autonomous community
hasComponent Civil and Criminal Chamber NERFINISHED
Contentious-Administrative Chamber NERFINISHED
Social Chamber NERFINISHED
hasFunction hear appeals from lower regional courts
interpret regional statutes and regulations within the framework of national law
resolve conflicts of jurisdiction within the autonomous community
headedBy President of the High Court of Justice
independence judicially independent but institutionally integrated in national judiciary
jurisdiction civil law matters within the autonomous community
contentious-administrative disputes involving regional and local authorities
criminal law matters within the autonomous community
labor and social security disputes within the autonomous community
languagePolicy may use co-official languages of the autonomous community in judicial proceedings
legalSystem civil law
level highest ordinary jurisdiction within the autonomous community
notAbove Supreme Court of Spain GENERATED
numberOfCourts one per autonomous community
oversees lower courts within the autonomous community
provincial courts within the autonomous community
partOf Spanish judiciary NERFINISHED
regulatedBy Organic Law of the Judiciary of Spain NERFINISHED
role final judicial instance within the territory for most matters of regional competence
highest judicial bodies within each autonomous community
oversee administration of justice at regional level
scopeLimit cannot act as supreme court of the state
subjectTo Spanish national procedural law
Spanish national substantive law
subordinateTo Supreme Court of Spain NERFINISHED
territorialScope each individual autonomous community
typeOfCourt court of last resort at regional level for ordinary jurisdiction

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Spanish courts hasCourt High Courts of Justice of the Autonomous Communities
Supreme Court of Spain above High Courts of Justice of the Autonomous Communities
this entity surface form: High Courts of Justice of the autonomous communities of Spain