Supreme Court (Japan)
The higher court ( Japanese 高等 裁判 所 , Kōtō-saiban-sho , short: 高 裁 , Kōsai , English High Court ), also higher regional court , is the middle instance in the Japanese court system .
There are eight higher courts, specifically:
- Sapporo Supreme Court in Sapporo ,
- Sendai Supreme Court in Sendai ,
- Tokyo High Court in Chiyoda , Tokyo ,
- Nagoya Supreme Court in Nagoya ,
- Osaka High Court in Osaka ,
- Hiroshima Supreme Court in Hiroshima ,
- Takamatsu Supreme Court in Takamatsu ,
- Fukuoka Supreme Court in Fukuoka .
There are also branches in Akita , Kanazawa , Okayama , Matsue , Miyazaki and Naha . There is also a Higher Intellectual Property Court as a division of the Tokyo Higher Court.
The tribunals of the courts usually comprise three, in certain cases five judges. The president of each higher court is appointed by the cabinet .
The Supreme Court is subordinate to the higher courts . 50 are subordinate to the higher courts , family courts (Engl. Family Courts ) and 50 district courts (Engl. District Courts ), this further subordinate magistrates' courts (Engl. Summary Courts ).
Web links
- Supreme Court: Overview of the Judicial System in Japan (English)
- Supreme Court for Intellectual Property (German, Japanese)