The apex court for civil, commercial and criminal cases. Its interpretive decisions, adopted by the general assemblies of its divisions, bind all courts and the executive, and are a central source of Bulgarian private law given the absence of a single civil code.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Court of cassation
- Jurisdiction
- Bulgaria — civil, commercial and criminal cassation
- Seat
- Sofia
- Composition
- Judges in civil, commercial and criminal divisions under a President appointed for a single seven-year term.
- Languages
- Bulgarian
Where an appeal goes next
None; constitutional referral only through the court itself.
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