Amber Aycock, Nina Aguayo, Ruben Avila

RUSSIAN DISTRICT COURTS

Russian Court System• Five tiered court hierarchy responsible for civil and criminal cases• Constitutional Court of Russia• Supreme Court of Russia• Regional Courts•District Courts•Magistrate Courts• Commercial Arbitration Courts

Regional Court

District CourtMagistrate Court

Judge, Jury and Sentencing•Handle Criminal Cases where imprisonment is more than three years•District Court only has one judge and jury•Appeals of the decisions of Magistrate Court consist of one Justice of Peace and consist of one judge and retry the case

Court Cases•http://www.fasvso.arbitr.ru/

•http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/courts/nofr/oeur/lxctrus.htm

Extra Information•Was called Peoples Court until 1996•Can also be called Rayon or Raion