The Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay is the head of the Judicial Power, which administers justice through the Court, the tribunals and the courts. It has nine members, who organise themselves in chambers, one of them constitutional, and who bear the title of Minister. It can declare the unconstitutionality of legal norms and judicial resolutions, and it appoints the members of all other tribunals and courts from a list of three proposed by the Council of the Magistrature. It elects its own President each year from within: on 7 February 2024 the full Court chose Luis Maria Benitez Riera.
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Source Corte Suprema de Justicia cuenta con nuevas autoridades 2024-2025, Poder Judicial del Paraguay
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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Paraguay, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Paraguay, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)Government, judicial branch, highest courtQuote, Government, judicial branch, highest court
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 9 justices divided 3 each into the Constitutional Court, Civil and Commercial Chamber, and Criminal Division)
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1. Paraguay 2011 Constitution, Supreme Court of Justice, Constitute Project
Chapter III, Section II, composition of the Supreme Court of Justice
The Supreme Court of Justice is integrated by nine members.
Constitutional guarantees, declaration of unconstitutionality
The Supreme Court of Justice has the faculty to declare the unconstitutionality of the juridical norms and of the judicial resolutions, in the manner and to the extent [alcances] established in this Constitution and in the law.
Chapter III, administration of justice
The administration of justice is the responsibility of the Judicial Power, exercised by the Supreme Court of Justice, by the tribunals and by the courts, in the form that this Constitution and the law establish.
Chapter III, appointment of judges
The members of all the tribunals and courts of the Republic will be appointed by the Supreme Court of Justice, from a terna [list of three] proposed by the Council of the Magistrature.
Chapter III, Section II, annual election of the President
It will elect its President, each year, from within [de su seno].
In Category: Courts, Chapter III, Section II, courts of Paraguay
The Supreme Court of Justice is integrated by nine members.
View the SourceCorte Suprema de Justicia cuenta con nuevas autoridades 2024-2025, Poder Judicial del Paraguay
News note, election of the President in February 2024Quote, News note, election of the President in February 2024
El pleno de la Corte Suprema de Justicia eligió este miércoles 7 de febrero, en sesión ordinaria, al doctor Luis María Benítez Riera como nuevo Presidente, y los doctores Gustavo Santander Dans y Alberto Martínez Simón, en carácter de vicepresidente primero y segundo respectivamente, en cumplimiento del artículo 8° de la Ley N° 609/95.
Wikidata: Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay
Wikidata Q7644969, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Central Intelligence Agency: Paraguay, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyIn Legal System: Law of Paraguay, Government, legal systemQuote, In Legal System: Law of Paraguay, Government, legal system
civil law system with influences from Argentine, Spanish, Roman, and French civil law models;
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