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The current president of the Supreme Court of Justice is Oscar Cruz Oliva, who was voted in by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala. [1] [2] The Supreme Court of Justice was established by the Constitution of Guatemala (articles 203-222) and also operates under the legal framework set out in the Law of the Judicial Branch, Decree Number 2 ...
The Guatemalan Constitution lists nine broad functions of the Constitutional Court. These duties serve to establish state overreach but is not equal to the Supreme Court of the United States because it is not a control institution; its sole purpose is the interpretation of the constitution and see to that the laws and regulations are not superior to this.
The Constitutional Court (Corte de Constitucionalidad) is Guatemala's constitutional court and only interprets the law in matters that affect the country's constitution. It is composed of five judges, elected for concurrent five-year terms each with a supplement, each serving one year as president of the Court: one is elected by Congress, one elected by the Supreme Court of Justice, one is ...
She started her career as a bailiff in 1976 and later became judge. She was head of a civil court in 2000 for 9 years and later president of a civil appeals court. She was reportedly backed by the private sector and official apparatus at the time of president of the republic Otto Pérez [6] when she was first elected magistrate of the Supreme Court (CSJ) by the Guatemalan Congress for the ...
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Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On May 25, 1993, Serrano sparked the 1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis when he illegally suspended the constitution, dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court, imposed censorship, and tried to restrict civil freedoms, allegedly to fight corruption.