Courts of Italy
Ordinary courts and administrative courts run in parallel, with a Constitutional Court standing apart and an audit court for public money.
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Ordinary courts (civil and criminal)
Court of Cassation (Corte di cassazione)
Courts of Appeal (corti d'appello)
Tribunals (tribunali)
Justices of the Peace (giudici di pace)Small matters
Administrative courts
Council of State (Consiglio di Stato)
Regional Administrative Tribunals (TAR)
Stands apart from the chain of appeals
Constitutional Court (Corte costituzionale)Reviews laws, often on a question from an ordinary judge
Court of Audit (Corte dei conti)Public accounts
Worth knowing
- Judges and public prosecutors belong to one judicial career (the magistratura).
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