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Should the courts of last resort of the territories of Hong Kong and Macau be listed? The territories are unique in the sense that they have their own courts of last resort.., which isn't the case in most other territories.., perhaps with the notable exception of the Common Court of Justice of the Netherlands kingdom in the Caribbean. 12:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Niue and the Cook Islands are explicitly separated out from Australia and NZ under the Oceania section, because they have a different supreme court, which would seem a good analogy here - either that, or modify the PRC line to say (X in Hong Kong, Y in Macau). Shimgray | talk | 14:57, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No offence here. But neither the Cook Islands nor Niue is Australian. Both of them are associated with New Zealand. Peter Geatings (talk) 15:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why aren't Hong Kong and Macau mentioned in this list? Peter Geatings (talk) 18:25, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This message is left here to indicate that this RfC is re-submitted under my name. Peter Geatings (talk) 07:04, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Finland

I have added Finland's parliament to the list. The Constitutional Law Committee is not a court of law, but it has the final say as far as constitutional matters are concerned. The Lords of Appeal in Ordinary of the UK were not a court, but they acted as the supreme court for the House of Lords. Peter Geatings (talk) 15:43, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Scotland

I have added Scotland's High Court of Justiciary, which is the court for final judgment for criminal cases in Scotland. Peter Geatings (talk) 18:25, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article title is incorrect (or misleading)

since the article contains a section entitled "Supranational Supreme Courts", the article's title, "List of national supreme courts" doesn't reflect some content.--96.232.126.111 (talk) 14:20, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That is a fair point. Perhaps a move to list of supreme courts?--Tærkast (Communicate) 16:51, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. I have had problem adding Scotland's High Court of Justiciary to the list, although it is the court with the supreme jurisdiction for criminal cases in Scotland. Peter Geatings (talk) 18:02, 4 March 2011 (UTC) (reposted Peter Geatings (talk) 07:04, 12 March 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Although that might be about to change looking at all the news about the new Scotland Bill trying to make the UK Supreme Court the court of last resort for Scottish criminal cases too.--Tærkast (Communicate) 10:44, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes.. But from what I know this is somewhat controversial. Some propose that only matters that involve constitutional law or fundamental rights should be allowed to be appealed to the Supreme Court of the UK. Peter Geatings (talk) 10:20, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What about changing the title to List of supreme courts by jurisdiction or List of courts of last resort by jurisdiction? Peter Geatings (talk) 10:22, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I like the first suggestion, the second one seems a bit wordy, although it would take into account constitutional courts and such.--Tærkast (Communicate) 16:11, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The latter is more accurate and will remove all possible ambiguities. The supreme courts of Yukon, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, for instance, are subordinate to the courts of appeal of the respective provinces. The same happens with the state of New York. But yes the first one is a lot more straightforward. Peter Geatings (talk) 18:22, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion criteria?

I came here to do a quick check if there is article on Latvian Supreme court. List however has Constitutional court, which is different body. So is this list of courts named supreme court or list of highest ranking courts? ~~Xil (talk) 11:06, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]