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Justice Courts Palace (Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia) in Santiago.The judiciary of the Republic of Chile includes one Supreme Court, one Constitutional Court, 17 Courts of Appeal, 84 Oral Criminal Tribunals and Guarantee Judges; 7 Military Tribunals; over 300 Local Police Courts; and many other specialized Tribunals and courts in matter of family, labor, customs, taxes, electoral ...
The Supreme Court of Chile is the highest court in Chile. It also administers the lower courts in the nation. It is located in the capital Santiago. In the Chilean system, the court lacks the broader power of judicial review—it cannot set binding precedent or invalidate laws. Instead, it acts on a case-by-case basis.
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Spanish: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos) is the Ministry of State responsible for the law and judiciary.The current Minister of Justice and Human Rights is Luis Cordero, who has served since January 11, 2023.
University of Chile: Occupation: Judge; lawyer; Gabriela Pérez Paredes (1938 – 9 November 2022) was a Chilean lawyer and judge.
The Constitutional Court of Chile (Tribunal Constitucional de Chile in Spanish) is Chile's constitutional tribunal. It is not part of the judicial branch and is functionally independent of the Congress and the President. The court is housed in the Ex Caja de Crédito Hipotecario building, which is located at 1234 Huérfanos Street in downtown ...
Claudina Acuña Montenegro (1923): [90] [91] First female judge in Chile (1925) Luz Adriana Olguin Buche: [92] First female elected as a counselor to the Chilean Bar Association (1955) Mónica Maldonado Croquevielle: [93] First female to serve as the Judicial Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Chile (1960)
The legal system of Chile belongs to the Continental Law tradition. The basis for its public law is the 1980 Constitution, reformed in 1989 and 2005. According to it Chile is a democratic republic. There is a clear separation of functions, between the President of the Republic, the Congress, the judiciary and a Constitutional Court. See ...
It is formed by the coalition Frente Amplio (Broad Font) and the coalition Chile Digno (Worthy Chile) formed by the Communist Party of Chile and others left-wing parties. Democratic Socialism is a center-left coalition, successor of the Constituent Unity , and this of the Concertation -which supported the "NO" option in the 1988 plebiscite and ...