Federal Cassation Court

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The Federal Cassation Court is Iraq’s highest appellate judicial body, responsible for reviewing and ensuring the legality and correctness of lower court decisions.

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Label Occurrences
Federal Cassation Court canonical 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
court of cassation ⓘ
bindingAuthority its decisions are binding on lower courts in Iraq ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Iraq ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
decisionEffect may quash lower court decisions ⓘ
may remit cases to lower courts for retrial ⓘ
may uphold lower court decisions ⓘ
ensures consistency of judicial precedents in Iraq ⓘ
uniform application of Iraqi law ⓘ
function ensure correctness of judicial decisions ⓘ
ensure legality of judicial decisions ⓘ
interpret Iraqi law in appellate cases ⓘ
review decisions of lower courts ⓘ
goal maintain legality in judicial decisions in Iraq ⓘ
protect rights of litigants through legal review ⓘ
handles appeals from courts of appeal in Iraq ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi state
languageOfProceedings Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis Iraqi laws governing the judiciary ⓘ
legalSystem Iraqi legal system ⓘ
oversees lower civil courts in Iraq ⓘ
lower criminal courts in Iraq ⓘ
other ordinary courts of first instance in Iraq ⓘ
positionInHierarchy top of ordinary court hierarchy in Iraq ⓘ
reviewScope procedural legality ⓘ
questions of law ⓘ
reviewType cassation review ⓘ
role highest appellate judicial body in Iraq ⓘ
subjectMatter civil cases on appeal ⓘ
criminal cases on appeal ⓘ
other matters specified by Iraqi law ⓘ
typeOfAppeal final appeal on points of law ⓘ

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

Constitution of Iraq → establishesBody → Federal Cassation Court ⓘ