field - Judicial branch

Country	Judicial branch
Saint Martin	void
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Samoa	Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; District Court; Land and Titles Court
San Marino	Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
Sao Tome and Principe	Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the National Assembly)
Saudi Arabia	Supreme Council of Justice
Senegal	Constitutional Court; Council of State; Court of Final Appeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals
Serbia	Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (to become court of cassation under new constitution), appellate courts, district courts, municipal courts
Seychelles	Court of Appeal; Supreme Court; judges for both courts are appointed by the president
Sierra Leone	Supreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court
Singapore	Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president with the advice of the prime minister, other judges are appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice); Court of Appeals
Slovakia	Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group of nominees approved by the National Council); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by president)
Slovenia	Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president)
Solomon Islands	Court of Appeal
Somalia	following the breakdown of the central government, most regions have reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional Somali customary law, or Shari'a (Islamic) law with a provision for appeal of all sentences
South Africa	Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	void
Southern Ocean	void
Spain	Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo
Spratly Islands	void
Sri Lanka	Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by the president
Sudan	Constitutional Court of nine justices; National Supreme Court; National Courts of Appeal; other national courts; National Judicial Service Commission will undertake overall management of the National Judiciary
Suriname	Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life)
Svalbard	void
Swaziland	High Court; Supreme Court; judges for both courts are appointed by the monarch
Sweden	Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges are appointed by the prime minister and the cabinet)
Switzerland	Federal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly)
Syria	Supreme Judicial Council (appoints and dismisses judges; headed by the President); national level - Supreme Constitutional Court (adjudicates electoral disputes and rules on constitutionality of laws and decrees; justices appointed for four-year terms by the President); Court of Cassation; Appeals Courts (Appeals Courts represent an intermediate level between the Court of Cassation and local level courts); local level - Magistrate Courts; Courts of First Instance; Juvenile Courts; Customs Courts; specialized courts - Economic Security Courts (hear cases related to economic crimes); Supreme State Security Court (hear cases related to national security); Personal Status Courts (religious; hear cases related to marriage and divorce)
Taiwan	Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan)
Tajikistan	Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

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