Tribunal de Cassació ( Catalan for ''Court of Cassation'') was the

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's judicial organization during the

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, founded in 1934, established according to the

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. It had jurisdiction in matters of administrative and civil law. Catalan was the main language of the Court. Its first President was

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(

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, 1875 - 1960). In September 1936, after the outbreak of

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, Josep Andreu i Abelló ( Montblanc, 1906 -

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, 1993) was appointed president of the Court of Cassation. In 1939, once

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was occupied by the army of

general Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republ ...

during the last stages of the Civil War, its regime abolished the Court of Cassation and all of its Court judgments were declared without legal effect until 1984, five years after the restoration of Catalan self-government.

References

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* Roca i Trias, Encarna
''El tribunal de Cassació de la Generalitat republicana: La història d'una tradició prohibida''
2009, 18 pages from a conference (in Catalan) Politics of Catalonia Courts in Spain {{Catalonia-stub