The Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra, the Tribunal Superior de Justícia, is the highest court of the Principality of Andorra for ordinary jurisdiction, with a court president and eight judges organized into civil, criminal and administrative chambers according to the World Factbook archive. The Qualified Law of Justice of 3 September 1993 lists it with the Batlles, the Tribunal de Batlles and the Tribunal de Corts among the bodies that exercise the civil, criminal and administrative jurisdiction, and provided that all the judicial institutions it regulates would begin to operate on 2 January 1994. The member page of the association of francophone supreme courts gives its address at the Seu de la Justícia, Baixada del Molí, in Andorra la Vella, and names Albert Andrés Pereira as President, appointed in 2019. Constitutional questions go to the separate Constitutional Court.
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Source World Factbook archive, Andorra profile
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Source Andorre Tribunal superieur de justice, member page of the AHJUCAFMember page, address, Andorra la Vella (seat)Quote, Member page, address, Andorra la Vella (seat)
TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR DE JUSTÍCIA Seu de la Justícia, Baixada del molí, núm.
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Source Andorre Tribunal superieur de justice, member page of the AHJUCAFMember page, address, Andorra (country)Quote, Member page, address, Andorra (country)
TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR DE JUSTÍCIA Seu de la Justícia, Baixada del molí, núm.
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1. Llei qualificada de la Justicia, 3 September 1993, General Council of Andorra
Final provisions, judicial institutions begin to operate on 2 January 1994
Totes les institucions judicials i procediments regulats en la present Llei es posaran en funcionament el dia 2 de gener de 1994.
Title I, jurisdiction civil, criminal and administrative
La potestat jurisdiccional atribuïda per l’article 2 de la present Llei als Batlles, al Tribunal de Batlles, al Tribunal de Corts i al Tribunal Superior de Justícia d’Andorra, s’estructura en la jurisdicció civil, la penal i l’administrativa.
View the Source2. Andorre Tribunal superieur de justice, member page of the AHJUCAF
Member page, address of the Tribunal Superior de Justicia
TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR DE JUSTÍCIA Seu de la Justícia, Baixada del molí, núm.
Member page, presidency, Albert Andrés Pereira named in 2019, full text
Albert ANDRÉS PEREIRA Nommé en 2019
View the SourceWorld Factbook archive, Andorra profile
Government, judicial branch, highest court
Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de la Justicia d'Andorra (consists of the court president and 8 judges organized into civil, criminal, and administrative chambers)
Government, judicial branch, judge selection and term of office
Supreme Court president and judges appointed by the Supreme Council of Justice, a 5-member judicial policy and administrative body appointed 1 each by the co-princes, 1 by the General Council, 1 by the executive council president, and 1 by the courts; judges serve 6-year renewable terms
In Category: Courts, Government, judicial branch, courts of Andorra
Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de la Justicia d'Andorra (consists of the court president and 8 judges organized into civil, criminal, and administrative chambers)
In Legal System: Law of Andorra, Government, legal system
mixed legal system of civil and customary law with the influence of canon (religious) law
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