| Country | Judicial branch |
| Nicaragua | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly); note - in 2010, President Ortega directly replaced seven justices on the Supreme Court |
| Niger | State Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel |
| Nigeria | Supreme Court (judges recommended by the National Judicial Council and appointed by the President); Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government from a pool of judges recommended by the National Judicial Council) |
| Niue | Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue |
| Norfolk Island | Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Commonwealth Supreme Court; Superior Court; Federal District Court |
| Norway | Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by the monarch) |
| Oman | Supreme Court
note: the nascent civil court system, administered by region, has judges who practice secular and Sharia law |
| Pacific Ocean | void |
| Pakistan | Supreme Court (justices appointed by the president); Federal Islamic or Sharia Court |
| Palau | Supreme Court; Court of Common Pleas; Land Court |
| Panama | Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed for staggered 10-year terms); five superior courts; three courts of appeal |
| Papua New Guinea | Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the proposal of the National Executive Council after consultation with the minister responsible for justice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission) |
| Paracel Islands | void |
| Paraguay | Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges proposed by the Council of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura, and approved by the Senate and president) |
| Peru | Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the National Council of the Judiciary) |
| Philippines | Supreme Court (15 justices are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials) |
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