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Southern Cone South America

Southern Cone South America gathers the modern Chief Justices and senior constitutional judges of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, the temperate southern states of South America. Argentina's Supreme Court, one of the oldest continuously operating apex courts in the Americas, anchors the largest share of the group, alongside Chile's Supreme Court and Constitutional Court, and Uruguay's and Paraguay's own Supreme Courts of Justice.

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Judges of Southern Cone South American highest courts, exemplified by the Supreme Court of Chile, the highest court in Chile and head of the Chilean judiciary. 1
Formation Year
1823 CE 1
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1. Supreme Court of Chile (Wikipedia)
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  • Supreme Court of Chile, lead section
    The Supreme Court of Chile is the highest court in Chile and the head of the Chilean judiciary.
  • Supreme Court of Chile, 1823 installation sentence
    Installed on 29 December 1823 under Chile's 1823 constitution, it is among the oldest institutions of its kind in the world.
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