People's Court may refer to:
East Asia
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Supreme People's Court
The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China (SPC; ) is the highest court of the People's Republic of China. It hears appeals of cases from the high people's courts and is the trial court for cases about matters of national ...
, the highest court of the People's Republic of China
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Local people's court
A local people's court is a court at local level of the People's Republic of China. According to the ''Organic Law of the People's Courts'', the local people's courts includes:
* High people's courts
* Intermediate people's courts
* Primary peop ...
s of the People's Republic of China
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Local Courts of Vietnam Local Courts of Vietnam or People's Courts deal with legal issues at the district precinct levels. These courts report to provincial or municipal governments.
Matters dealt by this court include:
* labour disputes
* individual disputes
Other cour ...
, also known as People's Courts, which deal with legal issues at the district precinct levels
Eastern Europe
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People's Court (Soviet Union)
A people's court in the late Soviet Union was a court of first instance which handled the majority of civil and criminal offenses, as well as certain administrative law offenses.
The people's court handled cases by a collegium consisted of a peopl ...
, a civil court of the Soviet Union
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People's Court (Bulgaria)
The People's Court ( bg, Народен съд) was a special court of Communist Bulgaria, set up outside the operations of the constitutional frame of law. The court was established after the Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944.
The court verdicts st ...
, a temporary Fatherland Front–established court in Bulgaria active in 1944–1945
Germany
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People's Court (Germany)
The People's Court (german: Volksgerichtshof, acronymed to ''VGH'') was a ' ("special court") of Nazi Germany, set up outside the operations of the constitutional frame of law. Its headquarters were originally located in the former Prussian Hous ...
, a court established by Adolf Hitler to deal with those accused of political offences
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People's Court (Bavaria)
The People's Courts of Bavaria (') were ' (special courts) established by Kurt Eisner during the German Revolution in November 1918 and part of the Ordnungszelle that lasted until May 1924 after handing out more than 31,000 sentences. It was c ...
, a Bavarian court from 1918 to 1924, that tried, among others, Adolf Hitler and other Beer Hall Putsch conspirators
North Africa
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Libyan People's Court
The Libyan People's Court is an emergency tribunal founded in Libya after the revolution of 1 September 1969. Although its initial purpose was to try the officials of the overthrown Kingdom, many others also were tried by this court. This article d ...
, an emergency tribunal founded in Libya after the coup of 1 September 1969, to try officials of the Kingdom era
Entertainment
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The People's Court
''The People's Court'' is an American arbitration-based reality court show, featuring an arbitrator handling small claims disputes in a simulated courtroom set. Within the court show genre, it is the first of all arbitration-based reality styl ...
'', the first widely popular American "court show" in which actual small claims court cases were heard by a pseudo-judicial arbitrator
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La Corte del Pueblo
''La Corte del Pueblo'' (translated ''The People's Court'') is a Spanish-language reality court show that originally aired on KWHY-TV in Los Angeles but later moved to Telemundo. The show was presided over by Cristina Pérez in its first season ...
'', the Spanish-language version of ''The People's Court'' that aired on the Telemundo network
See also
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Supreme People's Court (disambiguation) Supreme People's Court or People's Supreme Court is the highest court in the judicial system of several communist countries. It may refer to:
* Supreme People's Court of China
* Supreme People's Court of Vietnam
* People's Supreme Court of Cuba
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Court of public opinion
Trying cases in the court of public opinion refers to using the news media to influence public support for one side or the other in a court case. This can result in persons outside the justice system (i.e. people other than the judge or jury) tak ...
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Kangaroo court
A kangaroo court is a court that ignores recognized standards of law or justice, carries little or no official standing in the territory within which it resides, and is typically convened ad hoc. A kangaroo court may ignore due process and come ...
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People’s Tribunal (disambiguation)
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