| Country | Judicial branch |
| Liechtenstein | Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgericht; Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Court of Appeal or Obergericht |
| Lithuania | Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for all courts appointed by the President |
| Luxembourg | Constitutional Court; judicial courts and tribunals (Superior Court of Justice includes Court of Appeal and Court of Cassation, 2 district tribunals, 3 lesser tribunals); administrative courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, Administrative Tribunal and Administrative Court); judges for all courts are appointed for life by the monarch |
| Macau | Court of Final Appeal in Macau Special Administrative Region |
| Macedonia | Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; Judicial Council
note: the Judicial Council appoints the judges; Legislative Assembly appoints Constitutional Court Judges |
| Madagascar | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle |
| Malawi | Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts |
| Malaysia | Civil Courts include Federal Court, Court of Appeal, High Court of Malaya on peninsula Malaysia, and High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in states of Borneo (judges are appointed by the king on the advice of the prime minister); Sharia Courts include Sharia Appeal Court, Sharia High Court, and Sharia Subordinate Courts at state-level and deal with religious and family matters such as custody, divorce, and inheritance only for Muslims; decisions of Sharia courts cannot be appealed to civil courts |
| Maldives | Supreme Court; Supreme Court judges are appointed by the President with approval of voting members of the People's Council; High Court; Trial Courts; all lower court judges are appointed by the Judicial Service Commission |
| Mali | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme |
| Malta | Constitutional Court; Court of First Instance; Court of Appeal
note: magistrates and judges for the courts are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister |
| Marshall Islands | Supreme Court; High Court; Traditional Rights Court |
| Mauritania | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lower courts |
| Mauritius | Supreme Court |
| Mayotte | Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel |
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