Courts of Spain

A single chain of ordinary courts divided by subject, with a Constitutional Court standing apart that hears individual constitutional complaints.

Ordinary courts

Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo)Chambers for civil, criminal, administrative, labour and military cases

National High Court and regional High Courts of Justice

Provincial Courts (Audiencias provinciales)

First-instance and investigating courts

Stands apart from the chain of appeals

Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional)Reviews laws and hears constitutional complaints (amparo)

Appeals travel up the arrows. Boxes with a heavier border are the top court of each track.

Worth knowing

Autonomous communities have their own High Courts of Justice, but the whole judiciary is organised as a single national system.

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