The judiciary in

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is one of the three

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branches of government and is independent of the other two. Judges enjoy a permanent mandate and are appointed by the

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( sl, Državni zbor) after they have been nominated by the Judicial Council (), which itself is not part of the judicial branch of the government. All lawyers practicing before the courts must have passed a special state examination after they have finished their legal studies and completed a training period at a court or a practicing advocate. Judges are usually not chosen from practicing lawyers but rather they follow a training at a court as one of the judicial officials. Ljubljana (18743912836)

The judicial system comprises several types of

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s and is hierarchically divided in three instances. On the first instance, the

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are divided into

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and criminal courts and are further divided upon the importance of cases before them into 44 Okrajna (local courts for minor offences and small civil cases) and 11 Okrožna (district courts for all other cases) courts. There exist also specialised labour, social security and administrative courts. On the second instance, there are four

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s (Višja sodišča) located in Celje, Koper,

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and Maribor and a specialised appellate court for labour and social security located in Ljubljana. These courts hear appeals against first instance decisions concerning law and facts. The

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is the

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(), which is responsible for the uniform

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and thus normally only hear appeals concerning the proper application of law. The

Constitutional Court of Slovenia The Constitutional Court of Slovenia (in Slovene: ''Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije, US RS'') is a special court established by the Slovenian Constitution. Since its inception, the Court has been located in the city of Ljubljana. Jurisdic ...

is separated from the regular judiciary system.

References

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