The Portuguese Judicial System And The Judicial High Council

1. The Portuguese Judicial System And The Judicial High Council LISBON, May 2018

2. 11 million inhabitants 18 Districts 23 District Courts Around 2.000 judges About 1.500 prosecutors More than 30.000 lawyers

4. Lisboa Porto Coimbra Évora Guimarães

8. 10 electedbytheparliment 3 co-optedbythem 6 ofthis 13 members have to becareerjudges

11. COMPOSITION

12. The competences of the CSM (defined in the Statute of Judicial Magistrates and in the new Organic Law of the Judicial System) are essentially the following: • Appoint, place, transfer, promote, exonerate, assess professional merit, exercise disciplinary action, and, in general, perform all acts of the same nature with respect to judges; • Issue an opinion on legal instruments relating to the judicial organization and the Statute of Judges and, in general, matters relating to the administration of justice;

13. COMPETENCES • Study and propose to the Minister of Justice legislative measures for the efficiency and improvement of judicial institutions; • Order inspections, inquests and inquiries into judicial services; • Coordinate and supervise the activity of the District Presiding Judges actions;

14. COMPETENCES • Establish priorities in the processing of casesthat are pending in the courts for a period considered excessive, without prejudice to other urgent cases; • Propose appropriate measures to the Minister of Justice so as not to make excessive the number of cases in charge of each judge; • Establish the number and composition of the sections of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Courts of Appeal

15. COMPETENCES • Appoint the Presiding Judges of the District Courts; • Carry out access competitions to the Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Justice, selecting and graduating the qualified

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