People's Court
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The People's Court may refer to:
- local people's courts of the People's Republic of China
- Vietnamese People's CourtLocal Courts of VietnamLocal Courts of Vietnam or People's Courts deal with legal issues at the district precinct levels. These courts report to provincial or municipal governments.Matters dealt by this court include:* labour disputes* individual disputes...
- People's Court (Germany) (Volksgerichtshof), a court established by Adolf Hitler to deal with those accused of political offences
- Romanian People's TribunalsRomanian People's TribunalsThe two Romanian People's Tribunals , the Bucharest People's Tribunal and the Northern Transylvania People's Tribunal were set up by the post-World War II government of Romania, overseen by the Allied Control Commission to try suspected war criminals, in line with Article 14 of the Armistice...
, two tribunals set up to try suspected war criminals of World War II - Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院; pinyin: Zuìgāo Rénmín Fǎyuàn), the highest court in the judicial system of the People's Republic of China, and the Supreme People's CourtSupreme People's Court (disambiguation)Supreme People's Court is the highest court in the judicial system of many communist countries.Supreme People's Court may refer to* Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China* Supreme People's Court of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam...
in communist Cuba, Lao, Vietnam. - The People's CourtThe People's CourtThe People's Court is a US television court show in which small claims court cases are heard, though what is shown is actually a binding arbitration....
, the first widely popular American "judge show" in which actual small claims court cases were heard - People's court (Soviet Union)People's court (Soviet Union)People's court in the late Soviet Union is a court of first instance which handled the majority of civil and criminal offenses, as well as certain administrative law offenses....
A civil court of Russia - Libyan People's CourtLibyan People's CourtThe Libyan People's Court is an emergency tribunal founded in Libya after the "revolution" of 1 September 1969. Although its initial purpose was to try the officials of the overthrown Kingdom, many others also were trialed by this court...
An emergency tribunal founded in LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
after the political change of 1 September 1969. Its initial purpose was to trial the officials of the Kingdom era. - Laos Supreme People's Court
- People's Court (Bulgaria), a temporary Fatherland FrontFatherland Front (Bulgaria)The Fatherland Front was originally a Bulgarian political resistance movement during World War II. The Zveno movement, the communist Bulgarian Workers Party, a wing of the Agrarian Union and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party, were all part of the FF...
–established court in BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n active in 1944-1945