In
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
, the ''tribunal de commerce'' (plural ''tribunaux de commerce'', literally "commercial courts") are the oldest courts in the
French judicial organization. They were created at the end of the Middle Ages.
The
commercial court has jurisdiction over commercial cases: disputes between merchants, disputes over commercial acts, controversies involving commercial corporations, and bankruptcy proceedings.
The judges of the commercial courts are not career judges but elected traders. They are elected for terms of two or four years by an electoral college made up of current and former judges of the commercial courts and traders’ delegates (délégués consulaires), who are themselves traders elected in the area within the jurisdiction of the court.
There are 134 commercial courts in France.
Ordinary courts - France
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See also
* Justice in France
* French criminal law
* French criminal code
The French criminal code () is the codification of French criminal law (). It took effect March 1, 1994 and replaced the French Penal Code of 1810, which had until then been in effect. This in turn has become known as the "old penal code" in t ...
- distinguish from French code of criminal procedure
* Court of Appeals - in common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes. Although common law may incorporate certain statutes, it is largely based on prece ...
jurisdictions; does not apply in France - See Court of Appeal (France) for appeals under French ( civil) law
* Court of Appeal (France) - differs considerably from common law jurisdictions - See Court of Appeals for appeals in common law
* Cour d'assise
* Court of Cassation -general discussion
* Court of Cassation (France)
The Court of Cassation (, ) is the supreme court for civil and criminal cases in France. It is France's highest court. It is one of the country's four superior courts, along with the Conseil d'État (France), Council of State, the Constitutiona ...
* {{ill, Tribunal de grande instance (France), fr, v=sup
* Police Tribunal (France)
References
External links
Court Registrar of the Commercial Court of Paris
Judiciary of France
Courts by type