Court of Cassation; Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
Kazakhstan:
Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (7
members)
Kenya:
Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by the
president); High Court
Kiribati:
Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts;
judges at all levels are appointed by the president
Korea, North:
Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme
People's Assembly)
Korea, South:
Supreme Court (justices are appointed by the president
with the consent of the National Assembly)
Kuwait:
High Court of Appeal
Kyrgyzstan:
Supreme Court (judges are appointed for 10-year terms by
the Supreme Council on the recommendation of the president);
Constitutional Court; Higher Court of Arbitration
Laos:
People's Supreme Court (the president of the People's Supreme
Court is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of
the National Assembly Standing Committee; the vice president of the
People's Supreme Court and the judges are appointed by the National
Assembly Standing Committee)
Latvia:
Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by
Parliament)
Lebanon:
four Courts of Cassation (three courts for civil and
commercial cases and one court for criminal cases); Constitutional
Council (called for in Ta'if Accord - rules on constitutionality of
laws); Supreme Council (hears charges against the president and
prime minister as needed)
Lesotho:
High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch); Court
of Appeal; Magistrate's Court; customary or traditional court
Liberia:
Supreme Court
Libya:
Supreme Court
Liechtenstein:
Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Superior Court
or Obergericht
Lithuania:
Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts
appointed by the Parliament
Luxembourg:
judicial courts and tribunals (3 Justices of the Peace,
2 district courts, and 1 Supreme Court of Appeals); administrative
courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrative
courts and tribunals, and the Constitutional Court); judges for all
courts are appointed for life by the monarch
Macau:
The Court of Final Appeal in the Macau Special Administrative
Region
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
Constitutional Court;
Judicial Court of the Republic; judges for both courts are elected
by the Judicial Council
Madagascar:
Suprem
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