Operative judicial bodies. Provinces
| Barcelona | Girona | Lleida | Tarragona | Catalonia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia | |||||
| Courtrooms (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Provincial courts | |||||
| Sections | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| Courts | |||||
| First instance | 87 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 112 |
| Family | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Capacity and civil registry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Merchant (2) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Examining magistrates | 61 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 79 |
| First instance and examining magistrates | 109 | 29 | 10 | 22 | 170 |
| Violence against women (3) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Penal | 49 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 68 |
| Minors | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Penitentiary vigilance (4) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Social | 44 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 55 |
| Administrative contention | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Exclusively civil register | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Single senior judge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peace | 286 | 212 | 224 | 176 | 898 |
| Source: Ministry of Justice. | |||||
| Notes: | |||||
| (1) The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has three courtrooms: the civil and penal, the administrative contention and the social courtroom. The administrative contention courtroom is divided into five sections. | |||||
| (2) In Lleida, one of the 1st instance courts is in charge of merchant issues in compatibility with other with civil issues. | |||||
| (3) Except in Barcelona and Hospitalet de Llobregat, who have these specialised courts, in the other judicial regions one of the examining magistrate or 1st instance examining magistrates courts takes responsibility in compatibility with other penal affairs. | |||||
| (4) The 5 penitentiary vigilance courts with jurisdiction in the provinces of Barcelona and Girona have been counted in the total bodies in the province of Barcelona because their headquarters are in the city of Barcelona. The penitentiary vigilance court wit. | |||||
Last update: May 4, 2012.
Methodological note
Methodological aspects
- penal
- civil
- administrative contentious
- constitutional
- social
- family
- youth
The presentation of the tables follows the typology of different areas of law within the Catalan and State judicial systems on December 31st:
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia, constituted in 1989, is the highest judicial authority in the Catalan territory and has the ultimate word on all legal procedures, notwithstanding the authority corresponding to the Supreme Court.
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has three courtrooms: the civil and penal, the administrative contention and the social courtroom. The administrative contention courtroom is divided into five sections.
Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".