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Supreme Court of Guinea-Bissau

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The Supreme Court of Guinea-Bissau is recorded in the World Factbook archive among the highest courts of Guinea-Bissau, listed there as Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers). On how its judges are chosen the archive states: judges nominated by the Higher Council of the Magistrate, a major government organ responsible for judge appointments, dismissals, and judiciary discipline; The country legal system is described there as mixed system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence. This entry records the court from that national profile alone, and its statute, seat and founding date are not stated in the archive.

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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Guinea-Bissau, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Guinea-Bissau, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)Government, judicial branch, highest court(s), found in Guinea-Bissau
Quote, Government, judicial branch, highest court(s), found in Guinea-Bissau
Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers)
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1. Central Intelligence Agency: Guinea-Bissau, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence Agency
  • Government, judicial branch, highest court(s)
    Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers)
  • Government, judicial branch, highest court(s), national court
    Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers)
  • Government, judicial branch, judge selection and term of office
    judges nominated by the Higher Council of the Magistrate, a major government organ responsible for judge appointments, dismissals, and judiciary discipline;
  • Government, legal system
    mixed system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence
  • In Category: Courts, Government, judicial branch, highest court(s), courts of Guinea-Bissau
    Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 9 judges and organized into Civil, Criminal, and Social and Administrative Disputes Chambers)
  • In Legal System: Law of Guinea-Bissau, Government, legal system, legal system of Guinea-Bissau
    mixed system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence
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Wikidata: Supreme Court of Guinea-Bissau
Wikidata Q137379960, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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