High Court of Justice of Catalonia

High Court of Justice of Catalonia
Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya
Palau de Justícia, seat of the TSJC
Established	1989
Location	Passeig de Lluís Companys, Barcelona
Composition method	Partisan election
Authorized by	Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial
Appeals to	Supreme Court National Court (In some administrative law cases)
Website	www.poderjudicial.es
President of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia
Currently	Jesús María Barrientos Pacho
Since	January 2016

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia (Catalan: Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya, TSJC) is the highest body and last judicial instance of the Spanish judiciary in Catalonia. Unlike the Parliament of Catalonia (legislative branch) or the Executive Council of Catalonia (executive branch), the TSJC is not a part of the Generalitat of Catalonia, the autonomous system of self-government of the community, although the Catalan government has some powers over it, especially in material resources.

The TSJC regulates the functions of the judges and looks over the different provincial courts. The TSJC is the final appellate court in Catalan territory, notwithstanding the right of a citizen to appeal to the Spanish Supreme Court and/or the European Court of Justice.

The TSJC was created on 23 May 1989 with the Organic Law of Judicial Authority (Spanish: Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial), as part of the process of devolution to Catalonia from the Spanish government, started in 1979. Its headquarters are located at the Palau de Justícia, Barcelona.

Composition

Politics of Catalonia
Statute and laws Statute of Autonomy 1932 1979 2006 Constitutions (13-18th c.) Civil Code
Generalitat President (list) Pere Aragonès (ERC)
Executive Executive Council President (list): Pere Aragonès (ERC) Cabinet
Legislature Parliament (13th) President: Anna Erra (Junts)
Judiciary High Court of Justice President: Jesús María Barrientos Council of Statutarian Pledges Ombudsman Syndicate of Accounts Audiovisual Council
Public order Ministry of Justice (list) Ministry of Home Affairs (list) Police of Catalonia
Political parties Parliamentary parties ERC PSC Junts Vox CUP ECP C's PPC
Elections Parliamentary elections 1932 1980 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2006 2010 2012 2015 2017 2021 Next Referendums 1931 1979 2006 2009–11 2014 2017
Subdivisions Regional Provinces Vegueries Comarques Aran Local Metropolitan area Municipalities
Other countries
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Organization

The High Court of Justice of consists of three courts, although a fourth, for Minors, has been proposed.

• Civil and Penal (Sala Civil i Penal): Five magistrates, including the President of the Tribunal.
• Contentious-Administrative (Sala Contenciosa-Administrativa): Fourteen magistrates, distributed in four sections.
• Social (Sala Social): Sixteen magistrates, distributed in four sections.

President

Appointment process

Candidates need to obtain a three fifths (13) supermajority of the 21 votes of the General Council of Judicial Authority (Spanish: Consejo General del Poder Judicial).

Presidents

• José Antonio Somalo Giménez (1989–1994)
• Guillem Vidal Andreu (1994–2004)
• Maria Eugènia Alegret i Burgués (2004–2010)
• Miguel Ángel Gimeno Jubero (2010 - January 2016)
• Jesús María Barrientos Pacho (January 2016 – present)^[1]

See also

• High Court of Justice of Cantabria
• Separation of Powers
• Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1979
• Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006
• Tribunal de Cassació

References

This page was last edited on 13 February 2024, at 02:21