Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica

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court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica is the country’s highest judicial authority, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and interpreting the constitution and national laws.

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Surface form Occurrences
Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica 1
Supreme Court of Costa Rica 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appliesLaw Constitution of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
international treaties ratified by Costa Rica ⓘ
statutory law of Costa Rica ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch ⓘ
constitutionalRole guarantees supremacy of the Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
protects fundamental rights in Costa Rica ⓘ
country Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Costa Rica of 1949 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Costa Rica
governmentBodyType national supreme court ⓘ
governs judicial administration of Costa Rica ⓘ
hasDivision Administrative Law Chamber ⓘ
Civil Chamber ⓘ
Constitutional Chamber ⓘ
Criminal Chamber ⓘ
Labor Chamber ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.poder-judicial.go.cr/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation San José, Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem civil law system ⓘ
location San José ⓘ
surface form: San José, Costa Rica
nativeName Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica
oversees lower courts of Costa Rica ⓘ
partOf Judicial Branch of Costa Rica ⓘ
power final appellate jurisdiction in Costa Rica ⓘ
judicial review of laws ⓘ
role highest judicial authority of Costa Rica ⓘ
interprets national laws of Costa Rica ⓘ
interprets the Constitution of Costa Rica ⓘ
oversees administration of justice in Costa Rica ⓘ

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

San José → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Costa Rica
Costa Rica → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica ⓘ
Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica → nativeName → Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica