Court Organization
The judiciary can be organised into different levels of territorial organisation:
- the national courts
- the autonomous communities of Spain
- the provinces of Spain
- the judicial district, which is the basic unit of the judiciary, covers one or several municipalities, and is served by at least one first instance and inquiry court
The judiciary can be also organised into five jurisdictional orders, which are each composed of several different circuits:
- civil jurisdiction
- criminal jurisdiction
- administrative jurisdiction
- labour or social jurisdiction
- military jurisdiction
Unipersonal courts are those courts that are controlled by one judge as opposed to the rest of the High Courts of Justice controlled by panels of judges. They are the basic units of judicial procedure in Spain.
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