ted by the president); Court
of Appeal; Criminal Courts
Chad:
Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Magistrate
Courts
Chile:
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the
president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates
provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is
elected by the 21-member court); Constitutional Tribunal
China:
Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National
People's Congress); Local Peoples Courts (comprise higher,
intermediate and local courts); Special Peoples Courts (primarily
military, maritime, and railway transport courts)
Christmas Island:
Supreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court
Colombia:
four, coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court of
Justice or Corte Suprema de Justical (highest court of criminal law;
judges are selected from the nominees of the Higher Council of
Justice for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court of
administrative law, judges are selected from the nominees of the
Higher Council of Justice for eight-year terms); Constitutional
Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution, rules on
constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and
international treaties); Higher Council of Justice (administers and
disciplines the civilian judiciary; members of the disciplinary
chamber resolve jurisdictional conflicts arising between other
courts; members are elected by three sister courts and Congress for
eight-year terms)
Comoros:
Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed by
the president, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, one
elected by the Council of each island, and others are former
presidents of the republic)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Congo, Republic of the:
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Cook Islands:
High Court
Costa Rica:
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are elected
for eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)
Cote d'Ivoire:
Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of four
chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for
financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases,
and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limit
to the number of members
Croatia:
Suprem
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