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Courts of Taiwan

A Judicial Yuan oversees three kinds of court: ordinary, administrative and constitutional.

Updated October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

Ordinary courts

Supreme Court
High Courts
District Courts

Administrative courts

Supreme Administrative Court
High Administrative Courts

Specialised courts

Intellectual Property and Commercial Court

Stands apart from the chain of appeals

Constitutional CourtPart of the Judicial Yuan; reviews laws and hears constitutional complaints
Appeals travel up the arrows. Boxes with a heavier border are the top court of each track.

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