Supreme Court of Morocco, highest court in Morocco
The Supreme Court of Morocco, also called the Court of Cassation, is located in Rabat and serves as the country's highest judicial authority. The court operates through five specialized chambers handling civil, commercial, criminal, social, and administrative law matters, along with a department for prosecution and legal records.
The Court of Cassation replaced an earlier supreme council as Morocco modernized its legal system. The court was established within a framework based on French civil law mixed with local traditions, with governance rules defined in the 1970s and subsequently updated.
The court is called the Court of Cassation, a name that comes from its core power to annul or reform decisions from lower courts. This name reflects the Moroccan legal tradition where the highest tribunal ensures justice is applied fairly across the entire country.
The building is situated in Rabat's administrative district and designed to support serious legal work with a straightforward layout. Visitors should understand this is a working courthouse where formality and quiet are necessary to maintain proper proceedings.
The court hears around 40,000 cases each year but does not decide innocence or guilt, only whether the law was properly applied. This focus on legal procedure rather than facts makes it a powerful control mechanism ensuring lawful decisions across Morocco's entire judicial system.
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