Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica

The Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica (Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica) is the court of greater hierarchy of Law and Justice in Costa Rica.

Established on January 25, 1825, its president was the Magistrate Dr. Luis Paulino Mora Mora until his death on February 17, 2013. All of the courts in the country are dependent on the Supreme Court of Justice. Its organizational structure is based around three factors: the matter of the subjects to solve, the territory where they take place and the quantity (amount of money that is involved in the subject).

The Supreme Court of Justice has 22 proprietary magistrates, 25 substitute magistrates in three first rooms and 12 substitute magistrates in the Constitutional Room. They are distributed of the following way: five in each one of the three Rooms of Annulment and seven in the Constitutional Room. They are nominated by the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica every eight years.

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