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Passage: In recent years the city government, under Mayor Manny Diaz, has taken an ambitious stance in support of bicycling in Miami for both recreation and commuting. Every month, the city hosts "Bike Miami", where major streets in Downtown and Brickell are closed to automobiles, but left open for pedestrians and bicyclists. The event began in November 2008, and has doubled in popularity from 1,500 participants to about 3,000 in the October 2009 Bike Miami. This is the longest-running such event in the US. In October 2009, the city also approved an extensive 20-year plan for bike routes and paths around the city. The city has begun construction of bike routes as of late 2009, and ordinances requiring bike parking in all future construction in the city became mandatory as of October 2009.

Question: What cannot travel on Downtown Miami streets during "Bike Miami"?

Question: How many people participated in Bike Miami in October of 2009?

Question: Who was a recent mayor of Miami?

Question: Along with Downtown, in what neighborhood of Miami does Bike Miami take place?

Question: In what month in 2008 did Bike Miami start?
Passage: However, not all highest courts are named as such. Civil law states do not tend to have singular highest courts. Additionally, the highest court in some jurisdictions is not named the "Supreme Court", for example, the High Court of Australia; this is because decisions by the High Court could formerly be appealed to the Privy Council. On the other hand, in some places the court named the "Supreme Court" is not in fact the highest court; examples include the New York Supreme Court, the Supreme Courts of several Canadian provinces/territories and the former Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales, which are all superseded by higher Courts of Appeal.

Question: What kinds of governed nations may not have a specific, individual high court?

Question: What is an example of a highest court not being specifically called a Supreme Court?

Question: To which body can decisions made by this specific high court be appealed?

Question: What Canadian courts also are not specifically the highest courts in that country?
Passage: Some countries have multiple "supreme courts" whose respective jurisdictions have different geographical extents, or which are restricted to particular areas of law. In particular, countries with a federal system of government typically[citation needed] have both a federal supreme court (such as the Supreme Court of the United States), and supreme courts for each member state (such as the Supreme Court of Nevada), with the former having jurisdiction over the latter only to the extent that the federal constitution extends federal law over state law. Jurisdictions with a civil law system often have a hierarchy of administrative courts separate from the ordinary courts, headed by a supreme administrative court as it the case in the Netherlands. A number of jurisdictions also maintain a separate constitutional court (first developed in the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920), such as Austria, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

Question: Countries with more than one supreme court may divide their primacy by what factors?

Question: What is an example of the highest court in a federal system of government?

Question: What are some countries that have a separate supreme court to decide constitutional matters?

Question: A court system with a hierarchy of different administrative courts occurs in what kind of legal system?
Passage: In jurisdictions using a common law system, the doctrine of stare decisis applies, whereby the principles applied by the supreme court in its decisions are binding upon all lower courts; this is intended to apply a uniform interpretation and implementation of the law. In civil law jurisdictions the doctrine of stare decisis is not generally considered to apply, so the decisions of the supreme court are not necessarily binding beyond the immediate case before it; however, in practice the decisions of the supreme court usually provide a very strong precedent, or jurisprudence constante, for both itself and all lower courts.

Question: What term describes a system where the supreme court's decisions are binding over the lower courts?

Question: What jurisdictions does this system not apply to?

Question: In a civil law jurisdiction, rulings by a supreme court are only binding for which decisions?

Question: Even in civil law jurisdictions, decisions by supreme courts establish what?

Question: What is the legal term for the precedence established by multiple court rulings?
Passage: In Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada was established in 1875 but only became the highest court in the country in 1949 when the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was abolished. This court hears appeals of decisions made by courts of appeal from the provinces and territories and appeals of decisions made by the Federal Court of Appeal. The court's decisions are final and binding on the federal courts and the courts from all provinces and territories. The title "Supreme" can be confusing because, for example, The Supreme Court of British Columbia does not have the final say and controversial cases heard there often get appealed in higher courts - it is in fact one of the lower courts in such a process.

Question: When was Canada's Supreme Court first established?

Question: Canada's Supreme Court didn't actually become that country's highest court until when?

Question: If a provincial case is appealed, how is the Supreme Court's decision applied?

Question: Before 1949, Supreme Court decisions in Canada could be appealed to what body?
Passage: In Hong Kong, the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (now known as the High Court of Hong Kong) was the final court of appeal during its colonial times which ended with transfer of sovereignty in 1997. The final adjudication power, as in any other British Colonies, rested with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in London, United Kingdom. Now the power of final adjudication is vested in the Court of Final Appeal created in 1997. Under the Basic Law, its constitution, the territory remains a common law jurisdiction. Consequently, judges from other common law jurisdictions (including England and Wales) can be recruited and continue to serve in the judiciary according to Article 92 of the Basic Law. On the other hand, the power of interpretation of the Basic Law itself is vested in the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) in Beijing (without retroactive effect), and the courts are authorised to interpret the Basic Law when trying cases, in accordance with Article 158 of the Basic Law. This arrangement became controversial in light of the right of abode issue in 1999, raising concerns for judicial independence.

Question: When did Britain formally surrender sovreignty over Hong Kong?

Question: When Hong Kong was a colony of Great Britain, which body was the highest court of appeal?

Question: Where is the JCPC located?

Question: When was the Court of Final Appeal established?

Question: The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is seated in what city?
Passage: In India, the Supreme Court of India was created on January 28, 1950 after adoption of the Constitution. Article 141 of the Constitution of India states that the law declared by Supreme Court is to be binding on all Courts within the territory of India. It is the highest court in India and has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Constitution and decide questions of national law (including local bylaws). The Supreme Court is also vested with the power of judicial review to ensure the application of the rule of law.

Question: On what date was India's Supreme Court established?

Question: What article of India's Constitution makes decisions by their Supreme Court binding on lower courts?

Question: India's Supreme Court has ultimate power to determine interpretations of what?

Question: When the Supreme Court ensures that lower courts have properly applied the law it is called what?

Question: In addition to national laws, India's Supreme Court may also interpret what regulations?
Passage: The Supreme Court is the highest court in Ireland. It has authority to interpret the constitution, and strike down laws and activities of the state that it finds to be unconstitutional. It is also the highest authority in the interpretation of the law. Constitutionally it must have authority to interpret the constitution but its further appellate jurisdiction from lower courts is defined by law. The Irish Supreme Court consists of its presiding member, the Chief Justice, and seven other judges. Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President in accordance with the binding advice of the Government. The Supreme Court sits in the Four Courts in Dublin.

Question: What is the highest ranking court in Ireland?

Question: Ireland's highest court has the power to determine whether laws are allowed by what document?

Question: Who is the highest judge in Ireland's Supreme Court?

Question: Besides chief justice, how many other judges sit on Ireland's Supreme Court?

Question: Where is Ireland's Supreme Court seated?
Passage: Israel's Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. It is the highest judicial instance. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem. The area of its jurisdiction is the entire State. A ruling of the Supreme Court is binding upon every court, other than the Supreme Court itself. The Israeli supreme court is both an appellate court and the high court of justice. As an appellate court, the Supreme Court considers cases on appeal (both criminal and civil) on judgments and other decisions of the District Courts. It also considers appeals on judicial and quasi-judicial decisions of various kinds, such as matters relating to the legality of Knesset elections and disciplinary rulings of the Bar Association. As the High Court of Justice (Hebrew: Beit Mishpat Gavoha Le'Zedek בית משפט גבוה לצדק; also known by its initials as Bagatz בג"ץ), the Supreme Court rules as a court of first instance, primarily in matters regarding the legality of decisions of State authorities: Government decisions, those of local authorities and other bodies and persons performing public functions under the law, and direct challenges to the constitutionality of laws enacted by the Knesset. The court has broad discretionary authority to rule on matters in which it considers it necessary to grant relief in the interests of justice, and which are not within the jurisdiction of another court or tribunal. The High Court of Justice grants relief through orders such as injunction, mandamus and Habeas Corpus, as well as through declaratory judgments. The Supreme Court can also sit at a further hearing on its own judgment. In a matter on which the Supreme Court has ruled - whether as a court of appeals or as the High Court of Justice - with a panel of three or more justices, it may rule at a further hearing with a panel of a larger number of justices. A further hearing may be held if the Supreme Court makes a ruling inconsistent with a previous ruling or if the Court deems that the importance, difficulty or novelty of a ruling of the Court justifies such hearing. The Supreme Court also holds the unique power of being able to order "trial de novo" (a retrial).

Question: Where is Israel's Supreme Court located?

Question: Israel's Supreme Court fulfills what two major functions?

Question: Israel's legislative body is called what?

Question: Israel's Supreme court has uses what internal method to review its own decisions?

Question: A retrial is also called what?
Passage: The new Supreme Court of New Zealand was officially established at the beginning of 2004, although it did not come into operation until July. The High Court of New Zealand was until 1980 known as the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has a purely appellate jurisdiction and hears appeals from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. In some cases, an appeal may be removed directly to the Supreme Court from the High Court. For certain cases, particularly cases which commenced in the District Court, a lower court (typically the High Court or the Court of Appeal) may be the court of final jurisdiction.

Question: When did New Zealand's Supreme Court come into being?

Question: What is the role of New Zealand's highest court?

Question: What court's decisions may be appealed to New Zealand's supreme court?

Question: New Zealand's second ranking court is known as what?

Question: Local decisions by what judicial body may remain within the jurisdiction of local courts?
Passage: With respect to Pakistan's territories (i.e. FATA, Azad Kashmir, Northern Areas and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)) the Supreme Court's jurisdiction is rather limited and varies from territory to territory; it can hear appeals only of a constitutional nature from FATA and Northern Areas, while ICT generally functions the same as provinces. Azad Kashmir has its own courts system and the constitution of Pakistan does not apply to it as such; appeals from Azad Kashmir relate to its relationship with Pakistan.

Question: What are some of the territories within Pakistan?

Question: What type of cases may Pakistan's Supreme Court hear from FATA?

Question: What Pakistani territory's own courts retain supremacy?

Question: What is the relationship between Pakistan's Constitution and Azad Kashmir?
Passage: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the ultimate court for criminal and civil matters in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and for civil matters in Scotland. (The supreme court for criminal matters in Scotland is the High Court of Justiciary.) The Supreme Court was established by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 with effect from 1 October 2009, replacing and assuming the judicial functions of the House of Lords. Devolution issues under the Scotland Act 1998, Government of Wales Act and Northern Ireland Act were also transferred to the new Supreme Court by the Constitutional Reform Act, from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Question: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom holds Supremacy in what jurisdictions?

Question: What is the high court in Scotland that has supremacy on criminal matters?

Question: What legislation established the Supremacy of the Supreme Court of the UK?

Question: When did this act go into affect?

Question: What body previously had judicial supremacy in the UK prior to this?
Passage: The titles of state supreme court vary, which can cause confusion between jurisdictions because one state may use a name for its highest court that another uses for a lower court. In New York, Maryland, and the District of Columbia the highest court is called the Court of Appeals, a name used by many states for their intermediate appellate courts. Further, trial courts of general jurisdiction in New York are called the Supreme Court, and the intermediate appellate court is called the Supreme Court, Appellate Division. In West Virginia, the highest court of the state is the Supreme Court of Appeals. In Maine and Massachusetts the highest court is styled the "Supreme Judicial Court"; the last is the oldest appellate court of continuous operation in the Western Hemisphere.

Question: What may cause some confusion in the US regarding state supreme courts?

Question: The Court of Appeals is the high court in which US States or territories?

Question: What is West Virginia's highest court called?

Question: What state's supreme court is the oldest appellate court body in the western hemisphere?

Question: Supreme Courts in New York serve what function?
Passage: In Austria, the Austrian Constitution of 1920 (based on a draft by Hans Kelsen) introduced judicial review of legislative acts for their constitutionality. This function is performed by the Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof), which is also charged with the review of administrative acts on whether they violate constitutionally guaranteed rights. Other than that, administrative acts are reviewed by the Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof). The Supreme Court (Oberste Gerichtshof (OGH)), stands at the top of Austria's system of "ordinary courts" (ordentliche Gerichte) as the final instance in issues of private law and criminal law.

Question: What document established judicial oversight of legislation in Austria?

Question: What court is charged with the responsibility of deciding the constitutionality of laws in Austria?

Question: What is the German word for this constitutional high court?

Question: What is the Constitutional Court's power over the executive branch of Austrian government?

Question: The Supreme Court of Austria is known by what German name?
Passage: In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Tribunal (Supremo Tribunal Federal) is the highest court. It is both the constitutional court and the court of last resort in Brazilian law. It only reviews cases that may be unconstitutional or final habeas corpus pleads for criminal cases. It also judges, in original jurisdiction, cases involving members of congress, senators, ministers of state, members of the high courts and the President and Vice-President of the Republic. The Superior Court of Justice (Tribunal Superior de Justiça) reviews State and Federal Circuit courts decisions for civil law and criminal law cases, when dealing with federal law or conflicting rulings. The Superior Labour Tribunal (Tribunal Superior do Trabalho) reviews cases involving labour law. The Superior Electoral Tribunal (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral) is the court of last resort of electoral law, and also oversees general elections. The Superior Military Tribunal (Tribunal Superior Militar) is the highest court in matters of federal military law.

Question: What is the highest court in Brazil?

Question: What are the two areas this court has supremacy over?

Question: Which legislative bodies does this court sit in cases over?

Question: What other government officials are subject to judgments of Brazil's highest court?

Question: What is Brazil's high court for labor law?
Passage: Final interpretation of and amendments to the German Constitution, the Grundgesetz, is the task of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court), which is the de facto highest German court, as it can declare both federal and state legislation ineffective, and has the power to overrule decisions of all other federal courts, despite not being a regular court of appeals on itself in the German court system. It is also the only court possessing the power and authority to outlaw political parties, if it is deemed that these parties have repeatedly violated articles of the Constitution.

Question: What is Germany's constitution called?

Question: What German high court has the responsibility for interpreting this document?

Question: The english translation of this court and its duties is what?

Question: What unique electoral power does this German high court possess?

Question: Under what circumstances may the court enact this responsibility?
Passage: When it comes to civil and criminal cases, the Bundesgerichtshof is at the top of the hierarchy of courts. The other branches of the German judicial system each have their own appellate systems, each topped by a high court; these are the Bundessozialgericht for matters of social security, the Bundesarbeitsgericht for employment and labour, the Bundesfinanzhof for taxation and financial issues, and the Bundesverwaltungsgericht for administrative law. The so-called Gemeinsamer Senat der Obersten Gerichtshöfe (Joint Senate of the Supreme Courts) is not a supreme court in itself, but an ad-hoc body that is convened in only when one supreme court intends to diverge from another supreme court's legal opinion or when a certain case exceeds the authority of one court. As the courts have well-defined areas of responsibility, situations like these are rather rare and so, the Joint Senate gathers very infrequently, and only to consider matters which are mostly definitory.

Question: The German high court has jurisdiction over what two areas of law?

Question: What court has supremacy for matters of social security?

Question: What court sits in supremacy for cases related to employment and labor law in Germany?

Question: Germany's Joint Senate of the Supreme Courts is also known by what name?
Passage: In the Netherlands, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands is the highest. Its decisions, known as "arresten", are absolutely final. The court is banned from testing legislation against the constitution, pursuant to the principle of the sovereignty of the States-General; the court can, however, test legislation against some treaties. Also, the ordinary courts in the Netherlands, including the Hoge Raad, do not deal with administrative law, which is dealt with in separate administrative courts, the highest of which is the Council of State (Raad van State)

Question: Decisions of the Dutch Supreme Court are called what?

Question: The Supreme Court of the Netherlands cannot interpret what?

Question: What areas of interpretative oversight does the supreme court have?

Question: Holland's regular court system does not handle cases related to what area of law?

Question: The high court for administrative law is also known as what?
Passage: While the Philippines is generally considered a civil law nation, its Supreme Court is heavily modelled after the American Supreme Court. This can be attributed to the fact that the Philippines was colonized by both Spain and the United States, and the system of laws of both nations strongly influenced the development of Philippine laws and jurisprudence. Even as the body of Philippine laws remain mostly codified, the Philippine Civil Code expressly recognizes that decisions of the Supreme Court "form part of the law of the land", belonging to the same class as statutes. The 1987 Philippine Constitution also explicitly grants to the Supreme Court the power of judicial review over laws and executive actions. The Supreme Court is composed of 1 Chief Justice and 14 Associate Justices. The court sits either en banc or in divisions, depending on the nature of the case to be decided.

Question: What type of legal system is the Philippines officially?

Question: The high court in The Philippines is modeled after what judicial body?

Question: What document grants the Philippines Supreme Court the right of judicial review?

Question: How many justices make up the Philippines Supreme Court?

Question: When all judges of a court hear a case at once it is called?
Passage: Spanish Supreme Court is the highest court for all cases in Spain (both private and public). Only those cases related to human rights can be appealed at the Constitutional Court (which also decides about acts accordance with Spanish Constitution). In Spain, high courts cannot create binding precedents; however, lower rank courts usually observe Supreme Court interpretations. In most private law cases, two Supreme Court judgements supporting a claim are needed to appeal at the Supreme Court. Five sections form the Spanish Supreme court:

Question: The Spanish Supreme Court hears all cases related to law in what areas?

Question: What types of cases can be appealed to Spain's Constitutional Court?

Question: What is the other power of this latter court?

Question: High courts in Spain do not establish what for lower court rulings?

Question: In practicality, how do lower courts typically view the rulings of higher courts?