Højesteret
The Højesteret (German Supreme Court ) is Denmark's highest appeal body in civil and criminal matters. It hears judgments and proceedings by the two regional courts (Østre Landsret and Vestre Landsret) and the Maritime and Commercial Court (Sø- og Handelsretten) . In criminal cases, however, the court does not go back to the taking of evidence, but can only examine procedural deficiencies, penalties and interpretation of the law by the subordinate instances, i.e. a possible violation of formal law or substantive law .
If a process has started at the district court (byret) and an appeal procedure has been carried out before the regional court, its judgment can only be brought before the Supreme Court if the independent process approval committee (procesbevillingsnævnet) allows a case to be dealt with by third instance. This five-member committee consists of a judge from the Supreme Court, a judge from the regional court, a district judge, a lawyer and a member of the law faculty of a Danish university .
The Danish Constitution guarantees a direct review by the Supreme Court if an association is forcibly dissolved by parliamentary law .
The Højesteret also ultimately deals with cases from the Faroe Islands and Greenland .
The Supreme Court has its seat at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen . It was 1661 by Friedrich III. justified. It currently consists of 19 judges. The court president has been Thomas Rørdam since February 2017 .
literature
- Povl Bagge, Jep Lauesen Frost and Bernt Hjejle (eds.): Højesteret 1661–1961. Udgivet på Højesterets foranstaltning i trehundredåret for udstedelsen af Forordning om the Høyeste Rettis administration i Danmarck on February 14, 1661 . 3 volumes, G. E. C. Gad, Copenhagen 1961.
- Jon Stokholm (Ed.): Højesteret - 350 år . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 2011, ISBN 978-87-02-08135-0 .
Web links
- Website of the Højesteret
