Courts in Romania
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Romania
has a civil law
system, based on the French model, with various levels of court hierarchy:
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
has a civil law
Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
system, based on the French model, with various levels of court hierarchy:
- Local courts
- 40 county courts and the Bucharest Municipal Court (Romanian: Tribunale)
- 15 Courts of Appeal (Romanian: Curţi de apel)
- the High Court of Cassation and JusticeHigh Court of Cassation and JusticeThe High Court of Cassation and Justice is Romania's supreme court, and the court of last resort. It is the equivalent of France's Cour de cassation and serves a similar function to other courts of cassation around the world...
(Romanian: Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie) - the Constitutional CourtConstitutional Court of RomaniaThe Constitutional Court of Romania is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution....
(Romanian: Curtea Constituţională)