with the addition of the chief
justice of the Supreme Court)
Trinidad and Tobago
Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the
High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is
appointed by the president after consultation with the prime
minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are
appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal
Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; the
highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London
Tunisia
Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation
Turkey
Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay);
Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military
High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court
Turkmenistan
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Turks and Caicos Islands
Supreme Court
Tuvalu
High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside
over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of
Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)
Uganda
Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and
approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by
the president)
Ukraine
Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
United Arab Emirates
Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by
the president)
United Kingdom
House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life);
Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising
the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown
Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
United States
Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for
life on condition of good behavior by the president with
confirmation by the Senate); United States Courts of Appeal; United
States District Courts; State and County Courts
Uruguay
Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and
elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)
Uzbekistan
Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and
confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)
Vanuatu
Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president
after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the
opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on
the advice of the Judicial Service Com
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