Contents
List of Courts
Lists of Courts in the Encyclopedia of Law
- List of European Courts in the European Encyclopedia
- List of American Courts
- List of Asian Courts in the Asia Encyclopedia
- List of Australian Courts in the Australian Encyclopedia
- List of Canadian Courts in the Canada Encyclopedia
- List of African Courts in the Africa Encyclopedia
- List of Latin American Courts (in Spanish)
- List of English Courts in this Encyclopedia
- List of Irish Courts in this Encyclopedia
- List of Scotch Courts in this Encyclopedia
Lists of Courts in Internet
Algeria [ Jaza’ir ]
National Institutions:
Argentina [ Argentina ]
Federal Institutions:
- Poder Judicial de la Nación [Judicial Power of the Nation]
- Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Civil
Regional Institutions:
Buenos Aires
- Poder Judicial de la Provincia de Buenos Aires [Judicial Power of the Province of Buenos Aires]
Chaco
- Poder Judicial de la Provincia del Chaco [Judicial Power of the Province of Chaco]
Chubut
- Poder Judicial de la Provincia de Chubut [Judicial Power of the Province of Chubut]
Jujuy
- Poder Judicial de la Provincia de Jujuy [Judicial Power of the Province of Jujuy]
Mendoza
- Poder Judicial de la Provincia de Mendoza [Judicial Power of the Province of Mendoza]
Santiago del Estero
- Poder Judicial de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero [Judicial Power of the Province of Santiago del Estero]
Armenia [ Hayastan ]
National Institutions:
Australia
Federal Institutions:
State Institutions:
Queensland
Tasmania
Victoria
Austria [ Österreich ]
Federal Institutions:
- Verfassungsgerichtshof (VfGH) [Constitutional Court]
Azerbaijan [ Azerbaycan ]
National Institutions:
Belgium [ België – Belgique ]
Federal Institutions:
- Raad van State / Conseil d’Etat [Council of State]
- Hof van Cassatie / Cour de Cassation
[Court of Cassation]
Benin [ Bénin ]
National Institutions:
- Cour Suprême [Supreme Court]
Bolivia [ Bolivia ]
National Institutions:
- Tribunal Constitucional [Constitutional Court]
- Corte Nacional Electoral <additional site> [National Electoral Court]
Bosnia and Herzegovina [ Bosna i Hercegovina ]
State Institutions:
Republika Srpska [ Serbian Republic ]
- Ustavni Sud [Constitutional Court]
Brazil [ Brasil ]
Federal Institutions:
- Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) [Federal Supreme Court]
- Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) [Superior Court of Justice]
- Tribunal Superior do Trabalho (TST) [Superior Court of Labour]
- Superior Tribunal Militar (STM) [Superior Military Court]
- Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) [Superior Electoral Court]
- Conselho da Justiça Federal (CJF) [Federal Council of Justice]
- Tribunal de Justiça do Distrito Federal e dos Territórios (TJDFT) [Court of Justice of the Federal District and the Territories]
- Tribunal Regional Federal da 1ª Região [Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region]
- Tribunal Regional Federal da 2ª Região [Federal Regional Court of the 2nd Region]
- Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região [Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region]
- Tribunal Regional Federal da 4ª Região [Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region]
- Tribunal Regional Federal da 5ª Região [Federal Regional Court of the 5th Region]
State Institutions:
Alagoas
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Amazonas
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Bahia
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Ceará
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Espírito Santo
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Maranhão
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Mato Grosso
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Mato Grosso do Sul
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Minas Gerais
- Tribunal de Justiça Militar do Estado [State Court of Military Justice]
Pará
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Paraíba
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Paraná
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Pernambuco
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Piauí
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Rio Grande do Sul
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Rio de Janeiro
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Rondônia
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Roraima
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Santa Catarina
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
São Paulo
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Sergipe
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Tocantins
- Tribunal de Justiça do Estado [State Court of Justice]
Brunei [ Brunei Darussalam ]
National Institutions:
Bulgaria [ Balgarija ]
National Institutions:
Canada [ Canada ]
Federal Institutions:
- Department of Justice / Ministère de la Justice
- Supreme Court of Canada / Cour Suprême du Canada
- Federal Court of Canada / Cour Fédérale du Canada
- Tax Court of Canada / Cour Canadienne de l’Impôt
Chile [ Chile ]
National Institutions:
- Corte de Apelaciones de Valdivia [Court of Appeals of Valdivia]
China (Republic) [ ]
National Institutions:
Colombia [ Colombia ]
National Institutions:
- Consejo Superior de la Judicatura [Superior Judiciary Council]
Costa Rica [ Costa Rica ]
National Institutions:
Croatia [ Hrvatska ]
National Institutions:
- Ustavni Sud Republike Hrvatske [Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia]
Czech Republic [ Ceska Republika ]
National Institutions:
- Ústavni Soud [Constitutional Court]
Dominican Republic [ República Dominicana ]
National Institutions:
- Suprema Corte de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice]
Ecuador [ Ecuador ]
National Institutions:
- Consejo Nacional de la Judicatura [National Council of Justice]
Estonia [ Eesti ]
National Institutions:
- Riigikohus [National Court]
European Union [ Europæiske Union – Europese Unie – Euroopan Unioni – Union Européenne – Europäische Union – Unione Europea – União Europeia – Unión Europea – Europeiska Unionen ]
Union Institutions:
Finland [ Suomi ]
National Institutions:
- Korkein oikeus [Supreme Court]
- Korkein hallinto-oikeus (KHO) [Supreme Administrative Court]
- Rovaniemen hovioikeus [Rovaniemi Court of Appeal]
France [ France ]
National Institutions:
- Conseil Constitutionnel [Constitutional Council]
- Conseil d’Etat [Council of State]
- Cour de Cassation [Court of Cassation]
- Cour d’Appel de Caen [Court of Appeal Caen]
- Cour d’Appel de Grenoble [Court of Appeal Grenoble]
- Cour d’Appel de Paris [Court of Appeal Paris]
- Cour d’Appel de Pau [Court of Appeal Pau]
- Tribunal de Grande Instance d’Angoulême [Regional Court of Angoulême]
- Tribunal de Grande Instance de Briey [Regional Court of Briey]
- Tribunal de Grande Instance de Mâcon [Regional Court of Mâcon]
- Tribunal de Grande Instance des Sables d’Olonne [Regional Court of Olonne]
- Tribunal de Commerce de Bobigny [Commercial Court of Bobigny]
- Tribunal de Commerce de Paris [Commercial Court of Paris]
- Tribunal de Commerce de Roanne [Commercial Court of Roanne]
- Tribunal de Commerce de Toulouse [Commercial Court of Toulouse]
Georgia [ Sakartvelo ]
National Institutions:
Germany [ Deutschland ]
Federal Institutions:
- Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) [Federal Constitutional Court]
- Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) [Federal Court of Justice]
- Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVerwG) [Federal Administrative Court]
- Bundessozialgericht (BSG) [Federal Social Court]
- Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG) [Federal Labour Court]
- Bundesfinanzhof (BFH) [Federal Finance Court]
- Bundespatentgericht (BPatG) [Federal Patents Court]
State Institutions:
Baden-Württemberg [ Baden-Württemberg ]
- Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe [Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe]
- Landesarbeitsgericht Baden-Württemberg [Higher Labour Court Baden-Württemberg]
- Amtsgericht Biberach [Local Court Biberach]
Bayern [ Bavaria ]
- Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht (BayObLG) [Bavarian Highest Regional Court]
- Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (BayVGH) [Bavarian Higher Administrative Court]
- Bayerisches Landessozialgericht [Bavarian Higher Social Court]
- Landesarbeitsgericht Nürnberg [Higher Labour Court Nuremberg]
- Oberlandesgericht Bamberg
[Higher Regional Court Bamberg] - Oberlandesgericht München [Higher Regional Court Munich]
- Oberlandesgericht Nürnberg [Higher Regional Court Nuremberg]
- Landgericht Augsburg [Regional Court Augsburg]
- Landgericht Bayreuth [Regional Court Bayreuth]
- Landgericht Coburg [Regional Court Coburg]
- Landgericht Hof [Regional Court Hof]
- Landgericht Landshut [Regional Court Landshut]
- Landgericht München I [Regional Court Munich I]
- Landgericht Passau [Regional Court Passau]
- Landgericht Traunstein [Regional Court Traunstein]
- Verwaltungsgericht Ansbach [Administrative Court Ansbach]
- Verwaltungsgericht Augsburg [Administrative Court Augsburg]
- Verwaltungsgericht Bayreuth [Administrative Court Bayreuth]
- Verwaltungsgericht München [Administrative Court Munich]
- Verwaltungsgericht Regensburg [Administrative Court Regensburg]
- Verwaltungsgericht Würzburg [Administrative Court Würzburg]
- Arbeitsgericht Passau [Labour Court Passau]
- Amtsgericht Augsburg [Local Court Augsburg]
- Amtsgericht Cham [Local Court Cham]
- Amtsgericht Erding [Local Court Erding]
- Amtsgericht Freising [Local Court Freising]
- Amtsgericht Freyung [Local Court Freyung]
- Amtsgericht Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz [Local Court Neumarkt in Upper Palatinate]
- Amtsgericht Passau [Local Court Passau]
- Amtsgericht Regensburg [Local Court Regensburg]
- Amtsgericht Tirschenreuth [Local Court Tirschenreuth]
Brandenburg
- Landessozialgericht für das Land Brandenburg [Higher Social Court for the State of Brandenburg]
- Brandenburgisches Oberlandesgericht [Higher Regional Court of Brandenburg]
- Finanzgericht des Landes Brandenburg [Finance Court of the State of Brandenburg]
- Landgericht Frankfurt an der Oder [Regional Court Frankfurt on the Oder]
- Landgericht Potsdam [Regional Court Potsdam]
- Amtsgericht Potsdam [Local Court Potsdam]
- Amtsgericht Zossen [Local Court Zossen]
Hessen [ Hesse ]
- Staatsgerichtshof [State Law Court]
- Landgericht Frankfurt am Main [Regional Court Frankfurt on the Main]
- Verwaltungsgericht Frankfurt am Main [Administrative Court Frankfurt on the Main]
- Amtsgericht Darmstadt [Local Court Darmstadt]
Niedersachsen [ Lower Saxony ]
- Niedersächsischer Staatsgerichtshof [Lower Saxonian State Law Court]
- Niedersächsisches Oberverwaltungsgericht [Lower Saxonian Higher Administrative Court]
- Oberlandesgericht Oldenburg [Higher Regional Court Oldenburg]
- Niedersächsisches Finanzgericht [Lower Saxonian Finance Court]
- Landgericht Lüneburg [Regional Court Lüneburg]
- Landgericht Osnabrück [Regional Court Osnabrück]
- Landgericht Verden [Regional Court Verden]
- Verwaltungsgericht Oldenburg [Administrative Court Oldenburg]
- Amtsgericht Bad Iburg [Local Court Bad Iburg]
- Amtsgericht Bückeburg [Local Court Bückeburg]
- Amtsgericht Rotenburg [Local Court Rotenburg]
- Amtsgericht Winsen [Local Court Winsen]
Nordrhein-Westfalen [ North Rhine-Westphalia ]
- Verfassungsgerichtshof (VGH) für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [Constitutional Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia]
- Oberverwaltungsgericht (OVG) für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [Higher Administrative Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia]
- Landessozialgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen [Higher Social Court North Rhine-Westphalia]
- Oberlandesgericht Hamm [Higher Regional Court Hamm]
- Oberlandesgericht Köln [Higher Regional Court Cologne]
- Amtsgericht Euskirchen [Local Court Euskirchen]
- Amtsgericht Kamen [Local Court Kamen]
- Amtsgericht Olpe [Local Court Olpe]
- Amtsgericht Waldbröl [Local Court Waldbröl]
Rheinland-Pfalz [ Rhineland-Palatinate ]
- Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz [Higher Administrative Court Rhineland-Palatinate]
- Verwaltungsgericht Koblenz [Administrative Court Koblenz]
- Verwaltungsgericht Mainz [Administrative Court Mayence]
- Verwaltungsgericht Neustadt an der Weinstraße [Administrative Court on the Weinstraße]
- Verwaltungsgericht Trier [Administrative Court Trier]
Saarland [ Saarland ]
- Landessozialgericht und Sozialgericht für das Saarland [Higher Social Court and Social Court for the Saarland]
- Finanzgericht Saarland [Finance Court Saarland]
Sachsen [ Saxony ]
- Oberlandesgericht Dresden [Higher Regional Court Dresden]
- Amtsgericht Leipzig [Local Court Leipzig]
Sachsen-Anhalt [ Saxony-Anhalt ]
- Landgericht Magdeburg [Regional Court Magdeburg]
Schleswig-Holstein [ Schleswig-Holstein ]
- Landgericht Kiel [Regional Court Kiel]
Thüringen [ Thuringia ]
- Thüringer Oberlandesgericht [Thuringian Higher Regional Court]
- Thüringer Finanzgericht [Thuringian Finance Court]
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
National Institutions:
- Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA)
- Social Security and Child Support Commissioners
- VAT and Duties Tribunals, Special Commissioners and the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal
- Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT)
Guam
Territory Institutions:
Hong Kong [ ]
Territory Institutions:
Hungary [ Magyarország ]
National Institutions:
- Alkotmánybíróság [Constitutional Court]
- Legfelsobb Bíróság [Supreme Court]
Iceland [ Island ]
National Institutions:
- Hæstaréttur Íslands [Supreme Court of Iceland]
India [ Bharat ]
Federal Institutions:
State Institutions:
Chhattisgarh
Karnataka
Kerala
Ireland [ Éire ]
National Institutions:
Israel [ Yisraél – Israil ]
National Institutions:
Italy [ Italia ]
National Institutions:
- Corte Costituzionale [Constitutional Court]
- Corte d’Appello di Bari [Court of Appeal of Bari]
- Tribunale di Bologna [District Court of Bologna]
- Tribunale di Cassino [District Court of Cassino]
- Tribunale di Firenze [District Court of Florence]
- Tribunale di Napoli [District Court of Naples]
- Tribunale di Velletri [District Court of Velletri]
Jamaica
National Institutions:
Japan [ Nippon ]
National Institutions:
Korea (Republic) [ Taehan Minguk ]
National Institutions:
Lithuania [ Lietuva ]
National Institutions:
- Konstitucinis Teismas [Constitutional Court]
Malaysia [ Malaysia ]
Federal Institutions:
Marshall Islands
National Institutions:
Mexico [ México ]
Federal Institutions:
- Consejo de la Judicatura Federal (CJF)
[Council of the Federal Judicature] - Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) [Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation]
- Tribunal Fiscal de la Federación (TFF) [Fiscal Court of the Federation]
- Tribunal Superior Agrario
[Superior Agricultural Court] - Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TRIFE) [Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation]
State Institutions:
Baja California
- Tribunal Superior de Justicia <additional site> [Superior Court of Justice]
Jalisco
- Supremo Tribunal de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice]
Nayarit
- Tribunal Superior de Justicia [Superior Court of Justice]
Quintana Roo
- Tribunal Superior de Justicia [Superior Court of Justice]
Sinaloa
- Supremo Tribunal de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice]
Sonora
- Supremo Tribunal de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice]
Tabasco
- Tribunal Superior de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice]
Moldova [ Moldova ]
National Institutions:
- Curtea Constitutionala [Constitutional Court]
Mongolia [ Monggol Ulus ]
National Institutions:
Morocco [ Magrib ]
National Institutions:
Nepal [ Nepal ]
National Institutions:
Netherlands [ Nederland ]
National Institutions:
- Gerechtshof Amsterdam [Court of Justice Amsterdam]
Nicaragua [ Nicaragua ]
National Institutions:
- Corte Suprema de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice]
Northern Mariana Islands [ ]
Territory Institutions:
Pakistan [ ]
National Institutions:
Panama [ Panam ]
National Institutions:
- Corte Suprema de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice]
Paraguay [ Paraguay – Paraguay ]
National Institutions:
Peru [ Perú – Piruw ]
National Institutions:
Philippines [ Pilipinas ]
National Institutions:
Poland [ Polska ]
National Institutions:
- Trybunal Konstytucyjny [Constitutional Tribunal]
- Sad Najwyzszy [Supreme Court]
Portugal [ Portugal ]
National Institutions:
- Tribunal Constitucional [Constitutional Court]
- Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) [Supreme Court of Justice]
- Tribunal da Relação de Coimbra [Appeal Court of Coimbra]
- Tribunal da Relação de Évora [Appeal Court of Évora]
- Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa [Appeal Court of Lisbon]
- Tribunal da Relação do Porto [Appeal Court of Porto]
Puerto Rico [ Puerto Rico ]
Territory Institutions:
- General Court of Justice of Puerto Rico / Tribunal General de Justicia de Puerto Rico
- U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Puerto Rico
Romania [ Romania ]
National Institutions:
- Curtea Constitutionala [Constitutional Court]
Russian Federation [ Rossijskaja Federacija ]
Federal Institutions:
Singapore [ ]
National Institutions:
Slovakia [ Slovensko ]
National Institutions:
- Ústavný Súd [Constitutional Court]
South Africa [ Suid Afrika – Ningizimu Afrika – Afrika Borwa – Afrika Borwa – Iningizimu Afrika – Afrika Dzonga – Aferika Borwa – Afurika Tshipembe – Umzantsi Afrika – Iningizimu Afrika ]
National Institutions:
Spain [ España ]
National Institutions:
- Tribunal Constitucional [Constitutional Court]
- Consejo General del Poder Judicial (CGPJ) [General Council of the Judiciary]
Regional Institutions:
Aragón [ Aragon ]
Switzerland [ Schweiz – Suisse – Svizzera ]
Federal Institutions:
- Bundesgericht / Tribunal fédéral / Tribunale federale [Federal Court]
Regional Institutions:
Kanton Bern / Canton de Berne [ Canton of Berne ]
- Obergericht / Cour Supréme [Supreme Court]
Etat de Fribourg [ State of Fribourg ]
- Tribunal Administratif [Administrative Court]
Kanton Graubünden / Cantone dei Grigioni / Chantun Grischun [ Canton of Graubünden ]
- Verwaltungsgericht des Kantons Graubünden / Tribunale Amministrativo del Cantone dei Grigioni / Dretgira Administrativa dal Chantun Grischun [Administrative Court of the Canton of Graubünden]
Kanton Solothurn [ Canton of Solothurn ]
- Obergericht [Supreme Court]
Kanton Zürich [ Canton of Zurich ]
- Verwaltungsgericht des Kantons Zürich [Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich]
- Sozialversicherungsgericht des Kantons Zürich [Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich]
Thailand [ Muang Thai ]
National Institutions:
Trinidad and Tobago
National Institutions:
Uganda [ Uganda ]
National Institutions:
United States of America
Federal and State Institutions
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- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court Of Appeals
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States Court Of International Trade
- United States Reports
- United States Supreme Court Reports
Venezuela [ Venzuela ]
National Institutions:
- Consejo de la Judicatura
- Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) [Supreme Court of Justice]
Virgin Islands, U.S.
Territory Institutions:
Resources
See Also
- Courts
- Courts Developments
- Ordinary Courts
- International Courts
- Appeal Courts
- International Courts of Appeal
- List of U.S. Federal Court Reports
- Early Courts
- Administrative Courts
- Court System in the United States
- Special Courts
- History of Courts
Further Reading
For a detailed description of historical courts, see Holdsworth’s “History of English Law”vol. I.