Judiciary
Swedish law, drawing on Germanic, Roman, and Anglo-American law, is neither as codified as in France and other countries influenced by the Napoleonic Code, nor as dependent on judicial practice and precedents as in the United States.
- Courts: Civil and criminal jurisdiction
- Supreme Court or Högsta domstolen
- Courts of appeal or Hovrätter
- District courts or Tingsrätter
- Administrative Courts: Litigation between the Public and the Government.
- The Supreme Administrative Court or Regeringsrätten
- Administrative courts of appeal or Kammarrätter
- County administrative courts or Länsrätter
- Ombudsman:
- The Parliamentary Ombudsman or Justitieombudsmannen
- The Chancellor of Justice or Justitiekanslern
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“The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are a disgrace to any country, and I’ll be damned if I put any man on the bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)