Judiciary of the Philippines

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branch of government judiciary

The Judiciary of the Philippines is the country’s independent branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and administering justice through a system of courts headed by the Supreme Court.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government → judiciary →
appointingAuthorityForJustices	President of the Philippines →
characteristic	independent →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Philippines →
constitutionalProvision	Article VIII of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines →
country	Philippines →
courtSystemType	hierarchical →
focusOfCourtOfTaxAppeals	tax and customs cases →
focusOfSandiganbayan	anti-graft and corruption cases involving public officials →
handles	administrative cases → civil cases → constitutional cases → criminal cases →
hasBranch	Barangay Justice System → Court of Appeals of the Philippines → Court of Tax Appeals of the Philippines → Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines → Municipal Circuit Trial Courts of the Philippines → Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines → Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines → Sandiganbayan → Shari’a Circuit Courts of the Philippines → Shari’a District Courts of the Philippines → Supreme Court of the Philippines →
hasPower	determining grave abuse of discretion by government branches → judicial review → settling actual controversies involving rights →
hasSpecialCourt	Court of Tax Appeals of the Philippines → Sandiganbayan →
headedBy	Supreme Court of the Philippines →
headedByOffice	Chief Justice of the Philippines →
highestCourt	Supreme Court of the Philippines →
jurisdiction	Philippine national territory →
languageUsed	English → Filipino →
legalSystem	civil law and common law mixed legal system →
numberOfSupremeCourtJustices	15 →
overseenBy	Supreme Court of the Philippines →
partOf	Government of the Philippines →
recommendingBodyForAppointments	Judicial and Bar Council of the Philippines →
role	administering justice → interpreting laws →
separateFrom	Executive branch of the Philippines → Legislative branch of the Philippines →
supervises	lower courts of the Philippines →
supremeCourtComposition	14 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines → Chief Justice of the Philippines →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines ("Philippine Judiciary") → Philippine Judicial Academy ("Judicial branch of the Philippines") → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines → Sandiganbayan ("Judicial Branch of the Government of the Philippines") → Supreme Court of the Philippines →	partOf
Office of the Court Administrator of the Philippines → Philippine Judicial Academy → Seal of the Supreme Court of the Philippines →	jurisdiction
Court of Tax Appeals of the Philippines → Sandiganbayan ("Philippine judiciary") →	branchOf
Supreme Court Main Building, Manila, Philippines ("judicial branch of the Philippines") →	associatedWith
Constitution of the Philippines ("Judicial branch of the Philippines") →	branchDefined
Court of Appeals of the Philippines →	branchOfGovernment
Seal of the Supreme Court of the Philippines →	category