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Japan's judicial system is a mixed and unitary system. The procedures are similar to those of continental law.

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The Egyptian judicial system is based on continental law, on the French model.

Australian law is fundamentally based on common law, however, some elements of continental law are also present.

The United Kingdom is based on common law, it is made up of several separate courts where judges create the law.

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The judicial system of the United Kingdom

- The judicial system of the United kingdom based on common law and has three orders of jurisdiction. - Small reminder about common law - The Suprem Court : a court of last resort under English, Welsh and Northen Irish law - Courts that make up the jurisdiction systems of Scotland, England and Wales and Northen Ireland - Some subjects fall under the same jurisdiction for the three orders - The specificites of the United Kingdom's judicial system

• Scotland
• Wales
• Northen Ireland
• England

Australia's judicial system

- Australia's judicial system is based on common law and it is divided into two levels - The federal level : the Supreme Court of Australia, the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia - The level of States and Territories : they have their own courts

Egypt's judicial system

- Egyptian judicial system : courts of first instance, courts of appeal, the Court of Cassation, the High Constitutional Court and specialized courts - Courts of first instance : hear civil and commercial cases at first instance - Court of Appeal : competent to deal with questions of law as well as questions of fact - Court of Cassation : has two divisions, one criminal, the other civil. Judges the law and not the merits of the case -The High Constitutional Court : independent institution at the top of the Egyptian judicial system, with its seat in Cairo, arbitrates conflicts of jurisdiction between the judiciary and the administrative order

Judicial system of Japan

- The Supreme Court (Saiko-Saibansho) is the highest judicial body in Japan - Unitary court system, there is no separation between administrative and judicial courts - The Supreme Court has two types of appeal against the two types of appeal existing in Japanese law : jokoku appeals and kokoku appeals - Court of Appeal deals with appeals from decisions - First instance : The District Court is a court of first instance in civil and criminal matters