The Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica is the highest body of the country's judiciary. It is formed by the magistrates needed for good service, who are elected by the Legislative Assembly, and the Assembly sets up the chambers that the law indicates. Magistrates are elected for a period of eight years by the votes of two thirds of all the members of the Legislative Assembly, and the court names its own president from the list of magistrates who make it up. The full court, known as the Corte Plena, is presided over by that president and consists of all the magistrates who sit in the chambers, including the substitutes who temporarily replace them, and it draws the lots that choose which substitute magistrates replace the titular ones.
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Source Poder Judicial de Costa Rica: Poder Judicial de Costa Rica: Poder Judicial cumple 198 años de servir a Costa Rica
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is the court of greater hierarchy of Law and Justice in Costa Rica.
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1. Central Intelligence Agency: Costa Rica, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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Supreme Court of Justice (consists of 22 judges
2. Diario Extra: Los hitos que transformaron la justicia en Costa Rica
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El Poder Judicial que llega a sus 200 años dista considerablemente de aquella primera Corte que comenzó a impartir justicia con apenas tres magistrados el 1.º de octubre de 1826.
Costa Rica Poder Judicial site, Corte Plena page
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Los magistrados de la Corte suprema de justicia serán elegidos por un período de ocho años y por los votos de dos terceras partes de la totalidad de los miembros de la Asamblea legislativa.
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El Presidente de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, Orlando Aguirre Gómez, destacó la misión y fusión de custodiar los valores fundamentales que sostienen la convivencia social y garantizar con su labor independiente, los derechos y las libertades de las y los costarricenses.
Wikipedia: Fernando Cruz Castro
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Fernando Cruz Castro is a Costa Rican lawyer and judge who served as the 53rd President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica from 2018 to 2022.
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