Supreme Court of Azerbaijan
highest court and final court of appeal
The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Ali Məhkəməsi) is the court of highest instance and final court of appeal of the three-staged judicial system in Azerbaijan. It was established pursuant to Article 131 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Article 77 of the Law "on Courts and Judges". The Supreme Court has competence to carry out justice on civil (including administrative and economic disputes), criminal disputes and other cases related to the execution of general or specialized courts. Despite being established in Baku, its jurisdiction applies to the entire territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
History
History of the modern judicial system in Azerbaijan started from the establishment of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on 28 May 1918.
Starting from 1990s fundamental legal-judicial reforms have been carried out in Azerbaijan under the leadership of Heydar Aliyev, e.g. establishment of new three-stage judicial system, adopting several Codes (Land Code, Civil Code, Criminal Code, Code of Administrative Offence, Housing Code, etc). Judicial-Legal Council, contained of representatives of legislative, judicial and executive branches, was formed and actively took part in selection of the judges to the different instances including Supreme Court by testing or examination and interview.
Structure
There are Plenum and Cassation chambers operating within the Supreme Court. The following chambers are established in the Supreme Court:
Civil chamber
Administrative Economic chamber
Criminal chamber
Military chamber
Authorities of the Plenum
The Plenum of the Supreme Court is operating in the following structure the; Chairman of the Supreme Court, his deputy, chairpersons of board and judges.
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