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unusual facts about Court of Cassation



Judiciary of France

While in Germanic Europe the supreme courts can and do tend to write more verbose opinions supported by legal reasoning, the typical Francophone court of cassation decision is short, concise and devoid of explanation or justification.

Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey

The Supreme Electoral Council consists of a president, six members and four substitute members from the Court of Cassation and the Council of State judges.


see also

Costel Iancu

Two of the three judges at the High Court of Cassation and Justice retired during the trial in order to avoid the case and one of those judges being replaced with a controversial judge, Sofica Dumitraşcu, the judge known for releasing convicted terrorist Omar Hayssam.