summary courts of Japan

E8553

court of first instance court system trial court

The summary courts of Japan are the lowest tier in the Japanese judicial system, handling minor civil and criminal cases as courts of first instance.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Summary Courts of Japan	4
Summary Courts of Japan in criminal cases	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of first instance ⓘ court system ⓘ trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	district courts of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
handles	minor civil cases ⓘ minor criminal cases ⓘ
hasCounterpart	Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ district courts of Japan ⓘ family courts of Japan ⓘ high courts of Japan ⓘ
hasJudgeType	summary court judge ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType	civil jurisdiction ⓘ criminal jurisdiction ⓘ small claims ⓘ summary proceedings ⓘ
hears	less serious criminal offenses ⓘ low-value civil disputes ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Japan ⓘ Court Act of Japan ⓘ
partOf	judicial system of Japan ⓘ
positionInCourtSystem	below Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ below district courts of Japan ⓘ below family courts of Japan ⓘ below high courts of Japan ⓘ
purpose	to provide speedy and simple adjudication of minor cases ⓘ
role	court of first instance for minor cases ⓘ
tierInJudicialHierarchy	lowest tier ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied	Japanese civil law ⓘ Japanese criminal law ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Courts of Japan → above → summary courts of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Summary Courts of Japan

High Courts of Japan → appealFrom → summary courts of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Summary Courts of Japan in criminal cases

Supreme Court and lower courts → hasComponent → summary courts of Japan ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court and lower courts (Japan)

this entity surface form: Summary Courts of Japan

Judiciary of Japan → hasCourt → summary courts of Japan ⓘ

Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan → oversees → summary courts of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Summary Courts of Japan

Saikō-Saibansho → supervises → summary courts of Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Summary Courts of Japan