Court of Cassation (France)

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The Court of Cassation (French: Cour de cassation, [kuʁ d(ə) kasɑsjɔ̃] ) is the supreme court for civil and criminal cases in France. It is France's highest court, and one of the country's four superior courts, along with the Council of State, the Constitutional Council and the Jurisdictional Disputes Tribunal. It primarily hears appeals against the decisions of courts of assizes and courts of appeal (appeals-in-cassation). The Court only reviews questions of law (but not questions of fact) and bears ultimate responsibility for a uniform interpretation and application of statutory law throughout France. It also filters out appeals challenging the constitutionality of statutes before forwarding them to the Constitutional Council, reviews lower court verdicts on request of the European Court of Human Rights and hears several other types of cases. The Court is organized into three civil chambers, a commerce chamber, a labour chamber, a criminal chamber, a prosecutorial service and various...

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