The Supreme Court of Justice (Portuguese: Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, pronounced [suˈpɾemu tɾiβuˈnal dɨ ʒuʃˈtisɐ], STJ) is the highest court of law in Portugal without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court.

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Supreme Court of Justice
Supremo Tribunal de Justiça
Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, seat of the Supreme Court of Justice
Established	1822
Location	Lisbon
Composition method	60 judges appointed on selection, 4 military judges appointed on proposal by the Military Staff
Authorized by	Portuguese Constitution
Appeals to	Constitutional Court, on matters of constitutionality
Appeals from	Courts of Appeal and First Instance Courts
Judge term length	Appointed for life until retired
Number of positions	64
Website	www.stj.pt
President of the Supreme Court of Justice
Currently	Henrique Luís de Brito de Araújo
Since	18 May 2021[1]
Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Justice
Currently	Maria dos Prazeres Pizarro Beleza
Since	25 October 2018
Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Justice
Currently	Nuno António Gonçalves
Since	16 September 2021

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The judges of the STJ are referred to as "counselors" (conselheiros). Its president is elected by and from among the judges of the court.

The STJ is installed in the buildings of the northern wing of the Terreiro do Paço square in Lisbon.

The competences of the Supreme Court of Justice are the following:

• To try the President of Portugal, the President of the Assembly of the Republic and the Prime Minister of Portugal for crimes committed during the exercise of their office;
• To harmonize rulings by setting uniform jurisprudence;
• To hear appeals in matters of law;
• To try crimes committed by the members of the Supreme Court, of the Courts of Appeal or Public Prosecutors.

The Supreme Court of Justice was created by the Constitution of 1822 and installed eleven years after,^[2] in the scope of the separation of the judicial power from the others, dictated by the establishment of the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy.

The STJ replaced the ancient higher courts of the kingdom, namely the Board of Conscience and Orders (Mesa da Consciência e Ordens) created in 1532, the Desembargo of the Palace (Desembargo do Paço) regulated in 1533 and the Council of State (Conselho de Estado) regulated in 1562. The judges of the STJ inherited the title of "counselors" until then worn by the members of the Board of Conscience and Orders and of the Council of State.

• Judiciary of Portugal
  • Constitutional Court of Portugal
  • Portuguese Court of Audits
  • Portuguese Supreme Administrative Court
• Politics of Portugal
• Constitution of Portugal