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District courts of Russia

District courts of Russia

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The district courts of Russia (Russian: районный суд or городской суд; also called rayon or raion courts) are primarily courts of first instance in the judiciary of Russia but sometimes hear appeals from magistrates' courts.[1] They are formed in raion or areas (районах), urban areas (районах в городах), and cities (городах). Decisions of the court are appealed to the regional court.

Kanashsky District Court in Chuvashia.
Ufa District Court is one of lower courts which Supreme Court of Bashkortostan are doing supervises work.

As courts of first instance, they handle criminal cases where imprisonment is for more than 3 years, and consist of 1 judge and a jury where required.[1][2] As courts of appeal from decisions of the magistrate courts consisting of 1 justice of the peace, they consist of 1 judge and retry the case.[1]

They were called People's Courts until 1996.[1]

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References

  • Terrill, Richard J. (2009). World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey (7 ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-59345-612-2.
  1. [1]
    Terrill 2009, p. 425.
  2. [2]
    Terrill 2009, p. 439.


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