Judiciary of Iceland

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The Judiciary of Iceland is the independent system of courts and judges responsible for interpreting and applying Icelandic law, headed by the Supreme Court and operating separately from the legislative and executive branches.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Courts of Iceland 1
Icelandic judiciary 1
Judicial branch of Iceland 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
appliesLaw Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
Icelandic law ⓘ
basedOn Nordic legal tradition ⓘ
canInterpret Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
canIssue binding judicial decisions ⓘ
canReview acts of the executive branch of Iceland ⓘ
acts of the legislative branch of Iceland ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
distinctFrom executive branch of Iceland ⓘ
legislative branch of Iceland ⓘ
employs judges in Iceland ⓘ
ensures protection of legal rights in Iceland ⓘ
rule of law in Iceland ⓘ
follows principle of due process ⓘ
principle of fair trial ⓘ
guaranteedBy Constitution of Iceland ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver all residents of Iceland ⓘ
legal entities registered in Iceland ⓘ
hasCentralCourt Reykjavík District Court ⓘ
hasJurisdiction administrative law in Iceland ⓘ
civil law in Iceland ⓘ
criminal law in Iceland ⓘ
hasPart Landsréttur ⓘ
Supreme Court of Iceland ⓘ
district courts of Iceland ⓘ
headquartersLocation Reykjavík ⓘ
linked to: Reykjavík, Iceland
highestCourt Supreme Court of Iceland ⓘ
intermediateAppellateCourt Landsréttur ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Icelandic ⓘ
legalSystem civil law system ⓘ
numberOfDistrictCourts 8 ⓘ
operatesIn Iceland ⓘ
oversees application of Icelandic law ⓘ
interpretation of Icelandic law ⓘ
partOf Government of Iceland ⓘ
principle judicial independence ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
separatedFrom Althingi ⓘ
linked to: Althing

Government of Iceland ⓘ
subjectTo Icelandic procedural law ⓘ
trialCourt district courts of Iceland ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction subject-matter jurisdiction ⓘ
territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
uses Icelandic language in court proceedings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Iceland → branchOf → Judiciary of Iceland ⓘ
Supreme Court of Iceland → partOf → Courts of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Iceland
Supreme Court building, Reykjavík → governingBody → Judicial branch of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Iceland
Supreme Court building, Reykjavík → associatedWith → Icelandic judiciary ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Iceland