Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice
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Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice is the highest court of law in Portugal
without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Portuguese Constitutional Court
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The President of the Supreme Court of Justice is elected by and among the members of the court.
The competences of the Supreme Court of Justice are the following:
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Portuguese Constitutional Court
Portuguese Constitutional Court
The Portuguese Constitutional Court is a special court, defined by the Portuguese Constitution as part of the judicial branch of the Portuguese political organization. Unlike the rest of the country's courts, the Constitutional Court has important characteristics, such as a special composition,...
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The President of the Supreme Court of Justice is elected by and among the members of the court.
The competences of the Supreme Court of Justice are the following:
- To try the President of the RepublicPresident of PortugalPortugal has been a republic since 1910, and since that time the head of state has been the president, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ....
, the President of the Assembly of the RepublicAssembly of the RepublicThe Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament. It is located in a historical building in Lisbon, referred to as Palácio de São Bento, the site of an old Benedictine monastery...
and the Prime-MinisterPrime Minister of PortugalPrime Minister is the current title of the chief of the Portuguese Government. As chief executive, the Prime Minister coordinates the action of ministers, representing the Government from the other organs of state, accountable to Parliament and keeps the President informed...
for crimes committed during the exercise of their Office
- To harmonize rulings by setting uniform jurisprudenceJurisprudenceJurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...
- To hear appeals in matters of Law
- To try the crimes committed by the members of the Supreme Court, of the Courts of Appeal or Public Prosecutors
See also
- Portuguese court systemPortuguese court systemThe Portuguese court system is composed of:* Portuguese Constitutional Court.* Portuguese Court of Audits.* Portuguese Supreme Administrative Court.* Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice.* Other regular courts....
- Portuguese Constitutional CourtPortuguese Constitutional CourtThe Portuguese Constitutional Court is a special court, defined by the Portuguese Constitution as part of the judicial branch of the Portuguese political organization. Unlike the rest of the country's courts, the Constitutional Court has important characteristics, such as a special composition,...
. - Portuguese Court of AuditsPortuguese Court of AuditsThe Portuguese Court of Audits is the high-court in Portugal responsible for reviewing the legal issues on public expenditure and delivering judgement on those accounts relating to:* General Accounts of the State...
. - Portuguese Supreme Administrative CourtPortuguese Supreme Administrative CourtThe Portuguese Supreme Administrative Court is the high-court in Portugal that deals with matters pertaining to administrative and fiscal legal relations.This court functions without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Portuguese Constitutional Court....
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- Portuguese Constitutional Court
- Politics of PortugalPolitics of PortugalPolitics in Portugal take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. The President of the Republic is the head of state and has several significant political powers, which he...
- Portuguese Constitution