Judicial Yuan

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branch of government constitutional court judicial body

The Judicial Yuan is the highest judicial organ of the Republic of China (Taiwan), responsible for interpreting the constitution and overseeing the nation’s court system.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government → constitutional court → judicial body →
alsoKnownAs	Sifayuan → 司法院 →
appointingAuthorityOf	Grand Justices →
branchOf	Government of the Republic of China →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Republic of China →
country	Republic of China (Taiwan) →
decidesOn	disputes over constitutional powers between central and local government organs → disputes over constitutional powers between state organs → dissolution of unconstitutional political parties →
established	1948 →
foundedBy	Government of the Republic of China →
hasComponent	Commission on the Disciplinary Sanctions of Functionaries → Constitutional Court → Judicial Personnel Study Institute → Judicial Yuan Department of Accounting → Judicial Yuan Department of Civil Service Ethics → Judicial Yuan Department of Information Technology → Judicial Yuan Department of Personnel → Supreme Administrative Court → Supreme Court →
hasPosition	Grand Justice → President of the Judicial Yuan → Vice President of the Judicial Yuan →
headquartersLocation	Taipei → Taiwan →
interprets	Constitution of the Republic of China → regulations and orders of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → statutes of the Republic of China (Taiwan) →
jurisdiction	Republic of China (Taiwan) →
language	Mandarin Chinese →
legalSystem	civil law system →
locatedInTimeZone	National Standard Time (UTC+8) →
oversees	Supreme Court of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → administrative courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → district courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → high courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → specialized courts of the Republic of China (Taiwan) →
role	adjudicates constitutional disputes → guarantees the uniform interpretation of laws and orders → handles disciplinary measures for public functionaries → highest judicial organ of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → interprets the Constitution of the Republic of China → oversees the court system of the Republic of China (Taiwan) → reviews impeachment cases against certain public officials →
website	https://www.judicial.gov.tw →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Judicial Yuan ("Judicial Yuan Department of Civil Service Ethics") → Judicial Yuan ("Judicial Yuan Department of Personnel") → Judicial Yuan ("Judicial Yuan Department of Accounting") → Judicial Yuan ("Judicial Yuan Department of Information Technology") →	hasComponent
Judicial Yuan ("司法院") →	alsoKnownAs
Taipei →	isSeatOf
Republic of China →	judicialBody
Examination Yuan →	parallelTo
Control Yuan →	sisterBranches