High Court of Justice of Cantabria

High Court of Justice of Cantabria
Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cantabria
Country  Spain
Location Cantabria Santander
Composition method Room of Civil and criminal
Room of the contentious
Room of the Social
Authorized by Spanish Constitution
Decisions are appealed to Audiencia Nacional or Supreme Court
Website TSJ Cantabria
President
Currently José Luis López del Moral Echeverría
Since January 21, 2015[1]

The High Court of Justice of Cantabria, is the highest body and last judicial instance of the Spanish judiciary in Cantabria, whose main purpose is to resolve disputes with efficiency of thing judged, in the territory of the autonomous community of Cantabria.

It has authority in all the territory of Cantabria, in the civil orders, penal, contentious-administrative and social, without prejudice to the competitions that correspond to the Supreme court. Also it has entrusted the resolution of the questions of competition that pose between judicial organs in Cantabria.

His organisation, competitions and operation regulate in the Organic Law 6/1985, of 1 July, of the Judicial Power, and his diverse modifications.[2]

History

Its most direct antecedent were the old Audiencias Territoriales (Territorial Courts) born in 1812. This territorial courts only had two rooms, one for civil matters and other for criminals. The present High Court of Justice of Cantabria was created in 1985 from article 26 of the Organic Law of the Judicial Power, being constituted on 23 May 1989.[3]

Headquarters

The headquarters of the Court is in the Judicial Complex of Las Salesas, in Santander, the capital of Cantabria.

See also

References

  1. ↑ José Luis López del Moral, nuevo presidente del TSJC
  2. ↑ Organic Law 6/1985, of July 1, of the Judicial Power
  3. ↑ History of the High Court of Justice of Cantabria
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