Law Atlas

How The Law Decides
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Court

Supreme Court of Georgia

National Supreme Courts (Last Resort)

The Supreme Court of Georgia (country) is recorded in the World Factbook archive among the highest courts of Georgia, listed there as Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers. On how its judges are chosen the archive states: Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by Parliament; The country legal system is described there as civil law system. This entry records the court from that national profile alone, and its statute, seat and founding date are not stated in the archive.

The Supreme Court of Georgia, the country in the Caucasus rather than the United States state of the same name, is the country highest court of general jurisdiction and final administration of justice, established in 2005 as its cassation instance court. It is seated in Tbilisi in a building designed by Aleksander Szymkiewicz and constructed in 1894.

Facts
Jurisdiction Scope
Jurisdiction Scope (category)
National 1
Seat
Tbilisi 2
Connections

Has Member

Source Nino Kadagidze - Wikipedia

In Legal System

Source World Factbook archive, Georgia profile
Source Georgia, Judiciaries Worldwide country profile, Federal Judicial Center
In the Other Atlases

Located In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Source Courts of Georgia, court addresses, Supreme Court of GeorgiaCourts page, address of the Supreme Court, Tbilisi (seat)
Quote, Courts page, address of the Supreme Court, Tbilisi (seat)
Supreme Court of Georgia

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Courts of Georgia, court addresses, Supreme Court of GeorgiaCourts page, address of the Supreme Court, Georgia (country)
Quote, Courts page, address of the Supreme Court, Georgia (country)
Supreme Court of Georgia
Sources
1. Georgia, Judiciaries Worldwide country profile, Federal Judicial Center
  • Court system, Supreme Court, highest court of appeal
    The Supreme Court is the highest court of appeal. It has seven chambers, each of which hears cases in three-judge panels: civil, administrative, criminal, a Disciplinary Chamber, a Grand Chamber, Chamber of Qualification, and a Plenum. The Disciplinary Chamber reviews appeals from disciplinary judgments issued by the lower courts.
  • Supreme Court, justices and chairperson, nomination and election
    A minimum of twenty-eight justices serves on the supreme court. They are nominated by the High Council of Justice and elected by a majority of the members of Parliament. Justices have life tenure with a mandatory retirement age of sixty-five. The Chairperson (chief justice) of the Supreme Court is nominated by the High Council of Justice and elected by Parliament for a single, ten-year term.
  • Supreme Court, chambers
    It has seven chambers, each of which hears cases in three-judge panels: civil, administrative, criminal, a Disciplinary Chamber, a Grand Chamber, Chamber of Qualification, and a Plenum.
  • In Legal System: Law of Georgia (country), Country profile, civil law system
    Georgia is a democratic republic with a civil law system.
View the Source
2. Courts of Georgia, court addresses, Supreme Court of Georgia
Courts page, address of the Supreme Court of Georgia
Quote, Courts page, address of the Supreme Court of Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia
View the Source
World Factbook archive, Georgia profile
  • Government, judicial branch, highest court(s)
    Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers
  • Government, judicial branch, highest court(s), national court
    Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers
  • Government, judicial branch, judge selection and term of office
    Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by Parliament;
  • Government, legal system
    civil law system
  • In Legal System: Civil Law, Government, legal system, legal system of Georgia
    civil law system
View the Source
Wikidata: Supreme Court of Georgia (country)
Wikidata Q7644905, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Nino Kadagidze - Wikipedia
Has Member: Nino Kadagidze, Lead section
Quote, Has Member: Nino Kadagidze, Lead section
She has been judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia since 2019 and its president since 2020.
View the Source
Supreme Court of Georgia (country) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Final Appeal Courts, article text, states the court's place in the hierarchy
Quote, In Group: Final Appeal Courts, article text, states the court's place in the hierarchy
court of the highest and final administration of justice
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.