The Judiciary of Greenland consists of 4 district courts ( Greenlandic: ''Eqqartuussisoqarfik'',

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/ref> ''Kredsret''), the Court of Greenland ( Greenlandic: ''Kalaallit Nunaanni Eqqartuussivik'',

: ''Retten i Grønland''), and the High Court of Greenland ( Greenlandic: ''Kalaallit Nunaanni Eqqartuussisuuneqarfik'',

: ''Grønlands Landsret''). Most cases are heard in the first instance by the district courts. District court judges are not lawyers, but

lay judge A lay judge, sometimes called a lay assessor, is a person assisting a judge in a trial. Lay judges are used in some civil law jurisdictions. Lay judges are appointed volunteers and often require some legal instruction. However, they are not permane ...

s with a special

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

and thorough knowledge of

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...

ic society. The Court of Greenland processes legally complicated cases in the first instance, and handles the supervision and education of district judges. Judges in the Court of Greenland and the High Court of Greenland are lawyers. Rulings issued by the district courts and the Court of Greenland may be

appealed In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and ...

before the High Court of Greenland. Rulings issued by the High Court of Greenland may, with the permission of the Appeals Permission Board, be brought before the Supreme Court ( Greenlandic: ''Eqqartuussiviit Qullersaat'',

: ''Højesteret'') in

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References

Greenlandic law

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