1. Egert Pärna Kanepi Gymnasium Form 10

2. Circuit courts County courts Administrative courts Supreme Court Introduction

3. courts of second instance and shall review judgments of county and administrative courts on the basis of appeals against judgments and rulings. are in Tallinn and in Tartu There are 43 judges in circuit courts all together. Circuit court

4. the courts of first instance and hear all civil, criminal and misdemeanour matters. 4 county courts in Estonia with 152 justices. county courts divide into courthouses County court

5. Administrative courts as courts of first instance shall hear administrative matters. 2 administrative courts: o in Tallinn with 18 justice o in Tartu with 10 justice courts are divided into courthouses. Administrative courts

6. an independent constitutional institution administers itself is financed directly from the state budget has the role of guaranteeing proper functioning of administration of justice in the court system, especially through organizing the work of judges’ self-government bodies. Supreme Court

7. The structure of Estonia’s court system is one of the simplest in Europe. The peculiarity of the system lies in the fact that the Supreme Court performs simultaneously the functions of the highest court of general jurisdiction. Summary

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