List of special tribunals and courts
This is a list of special or exceptional tribunals and courts for the trying of people.[1] Sometimes, courts that don't try people but curtail political freedoms are also derogatively called "special tribunals,"[2] as well as court that establish a privileged jurisdiction for powerful individuals or the government.[3] List coverage is through history and world wide.
- Revolutionary Tribunal (France, 1792-1795)
- Exchequer Court of Canada (Canada, 1875-1971)
- Canadian Human Rights Commission (Canada, 1977-)
- Special Tribunal for the Defense of the State (Italy, 1926-1943)
- Sondergerichte (Germany, 1933-1945)
- People's Court (Germany) (Germany, 1934-1945)
- Special Tribunal for the Defense of the RSI State (Italy, 1943-1945)
- Court of Parties (Egypt, 1977-)
- Tribunal de Orden Público (Spain, 1963-1977)
- Audiencia Nacional of Spain (Spain, 1977-)
- Iraqi Special Tribunal (Iraq, 2003-)
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon (2009-)
See also
- Show trial
- Political trial
- A. V. Dicey's principle that people should not be judged by special courts.[1]
References
- 1 2 Laughland, John A history of political trials: from Charles I to Saddam Hussein, p.242
- ↑ Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron (2008) Judges and political reform in Egypt p.221
- ↑ Ian Bushnell The Federal Court of Canada: a history, 1875-1992, p.67
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