Third Small Bench

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Third Small Bench is a division of Japan’s Supreme Court that handles certain categories of appeals and legal cases.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf bench of a supreme court
judicial division
appliesTo Japanese law
benchSizeCategory small bench
contrastWith Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
country Japan
courtType court of last resort division
decisionEffect binding precedent within Japanese judiciary
governs nationwide cases
handles appeals
legal cases
hasNumber 3
hasParentOrganization Judiciary of Japan
surface form: Judicial Branch of Japan
hears appeals on points of law
hearsFrom lower Japanese courts
jurisdiction Japan
languageOfProceedings Japanese
legalSystem civil law system of Japan
levelOfCourt supreme court level
locatedIn Supreme Court of Japan Building
surface form: Supreme Court of Japan building

Tokyo
partOf Supreme Court of Japan
positionInCourt third small bench
subjectTo Constitution of Japan
typeOfAppeals administrative appeals
civil appeals
criminal appeals
uses Japanese statutes
judicial precedents of the Supreme Court of Japan

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Third Petty Bench alsoKnownAs Third Small Bench