List of supreme courts
States recognised by the United Nations
States recognised by at least one United Nations member
States not recognised by any United Nations members
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Sui generis
''Sui generis'' ( , ) is a Latin phrase that means "of its/their own kind", "in a class by itself", therefore "unique".
A number of disciplines use the term to refer to unique entities. These include:
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International courts
There are a number of international courts that are the highest courts of appeal for members of the
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS; French: ''Organisation des États de la Caraïbe orientale'', OECO) is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal ri ...
(OECS) and some of the countries of the
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Co ...
respectively. However, the members of those organisations do sometimes have high courts of their own and their jurisdiction may be limited.
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List of national governments
This is a list of the offices of heads of state, heads of government, cabinet (politics), cabinet, and legislature, of List of sovereign states, sovereign states. Date of Origin refers to most recent fundamental change in form of government, for ...
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List of national leaders
This is a list of current heads of state and heads of government. In some cases, mainly in presidential systems, there is only one leader being both head of state and head of government. In other cases, mainly in Semi-presidential system, semi-p ...
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List of national legislatures
This is a list of legislatures by country. A "legislature" is the generic name for the national parliaments and congresses that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives and that have the power to legislate. All entities included in ...
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Lists of supreme court justices
The following are lists of justices of several national Supreme Courts:
* : List of Justices of the High Court of Australia
* : List of justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
* : List of justices of the Federal Constitutional Court
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References
: This court is not independent of either the legislature and/or executive of that country.
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