Apex of the ordinary jurisdiction, hearing cassation in civil, criminal, commercial and family matters through specialised chambers. Like the Constitutional Tribunal, its magistrates are popularly elected, which was intended to democratise the judiciary but has produced persistent problems of vacancy and prorogued mandates.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court of cassation
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Sucre
- Established
- 1827
- Composition
- Nine magistrates in civil, criminal and social chambers.
- Appointment
- Pre-selected by the Legislative Assembly and elected by popular vote for six-year terms.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Constitutional actions lie to the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal.
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