High Court of Justice of Extremadura

The High Court of Justice of Extremadura (in Spanish: Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Extremadura) is the highest body and last judicial instance of the Spanish judiciary in Extremadura. Unlike the Assembly of Extremadura (legislative branch) or the Government of Extremadura (executive branch), the TSJEx is not a part of the Junta de Extremadura, the autonomous system of self-government of the community, although the Extremaduran government has some powers over it, especially in material resources.^[2]

The TSJEx regulates the functions of the judges and looks over the different provincial courts. The TSJEx is the final

By the Pragmatic Sanction of 30 May 1790, the Royal Audience of Extremadura was created in the city of Cáceres, for whose headquarters the Hospital de la Piedad built in the 17th century was reformed. From 1834 it was renamed the Territorial Court of Extremadura, until the creation in 1989 of the Superior Court of Justice.[3]

Composition

Organization

The High Court of Justice of consists of three courts, although a fourth, for Minors, has been proposed.

• Civil and Penal (Sala Civil i Penal): Five magistrates, including the President of the Tribunal.
• Contentious-Administrative (Sala Contenciosa-Administrativa): Fourteen magistrates, distributed in four sections.
• Social (Sala Social): Sixteen magistrates, distributed in four sections.

President

Appointment process

Candidates need to obtain a three-fifths (13)

See also

• Separation of Powers
• High courts of justice (Spain)
• Statute of Autonomy of Extremadura of 1983

References