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Judiciary building in the capitol complex
Politics of Palau
Constitution
Human rights
LGBT rights
Executive
President
Surangel Whipps Jr.
Vice President
Uduch Sengebau Senior
Legislative
National Congress
Senate
President: Hokkons Baules
House of Delegates
Speaker: Sabino Anastacio
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chief Justice: Oldiais Ngiraikelau
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General: 2012
2016
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Governor of Koror
Governor of Peleliu
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Minister: Gustav Aitaro
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The judicial branch of the government of Palau interprets and applies the laws of Palau, as modified by custom and tradition, to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution. The judiciary comprises a four-member Supreme Court, a Court of Common Pleas, and a Land Court.[1] The Supreme Court has a trial division and an appellate division and is presided over by the Chief Justice, assisted by two Associate Justices in the Appellate Division and three Justices in the Trial Division. A number of ad hoc part-time Associate Justices are invited to sit on an as-needed basis.[2]
The Trial Division sits in Koror, the largest town of Palau, while Appellate Division hears most arguments in the capital, Ngerulmud. Cases are adjudicated by a single justice in the Trial Division and appeals are heard by three other justices as a panel in the Appellate Division. The Trial Division has jurisdiction over all civil matters over $10,000 and criminal matters not assigned to the Court of Common Pleas and adjudication of land interests. The Supreme Court also handles disciplinary and other special proceedings.
^"Organization". Judiciary of Palau. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^"Associate Justices". Judiciary of Palau. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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