Judicial branch
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Includes three subfields.
- The highest court(s) subfield includes the name(s) of a country's highest level court(s), the number and titles of the judges, and the types of cases heard by the court, which commonly are based on civil, criminal, administrative, and constitutional law.
- A number of countries have separate constitutional courts.
- The judge selection and term of office subfield includes the organizations and associated officials responsible for nominating and appointing judges, and a brief description of the process.
- The selection process can be indicative of the independence of a country's court system from other branches of its government.
- Also included in this subfield are judges' tenures, which can range from a few years, to a specified retirement age, to lifelong appointments. The subordinate courts subfield lists the courts lower in the hierarchy of a country's court system.
- A few countries with federal-style governments, such as Brazil, Canada, and the us, in addition to their federal court, have separate state- or province-level court systems, though generally the two systems interact.
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