Chile · Courts
Court structure of Chile
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Constitutional — Tribunal Constitucional
- Ten members; preventive and concrete review of statutes.
- Supreme — Corte Suprema de Chile
- Twenty-one justices in specialised chambers; cassation and the protection recourse on appeal.
- Appellate — Cortes de Apelaciones
- Seventeen courts; hear the recurso de protección at first instance.
- First instance — Juzgados de letras, garantía and oral criminal tribunals
- The 2000 reform separated investigating from trial functions.
Every court in the hierarchy
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