Slovakia has a civil law system, based on Austro-Hungarian codes.

highest court(s): Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic (consists of 78 judges - as of 2003 - organized into criminal, civil, commercial, and administrative divisions with 3- and 5-judge panels; Constitutional Court (consists of 13 judges)

judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judge candidates proposed by the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic, a 17-member independent body to include the Supreme Court chief justice and presidential and governmental appointees; judges appointed by the president for life with mandatory retirement at age 65; Constitutional Court judges nominated by the National Council of the Republic and appointed by the president; judges appointed for 12-year terms

subordinate courts: regional and district civil courts; Higher Military Court; military district courts; Court of Audit

 

The Slovak political and legal environment

 

To go further

pre-ludskost.sk - Citizen association for renforcement Of Morality and Humanity

Industrial Property Office of the Slovakia
Presentation of the Slovak organization of defense of the intellectual property, online legislation and selection of links and useful addresses.
http://www.indprop.gov.sk

Slovak Bar Association
Presentation of the organization, its bulletins and publications, directory of the members. http://www.sak.sk