Justice Transformation in Portugal
Building on Successes and Challenges
Portugal has embarked on an ambitious agenda to guide the transformation of the justice sector. The report takes stock of the Portugal's justice sector modernisaton reforms and more current efforts to make the justice sector more transparent, accessible and effective. It examines specific programmes aimed at promoting innovation, humanisation and proximity to citizens through the use of digital technologies, simplification and demateralisation of procedures. Finally, the report identifies results and provide policy recommendations to support Portugal on its journey to provide justice services to meet the needs of citizens and businesses.
The national court system in Portugal
The constitution of Portugal establishes the organisation of the Portuguese courts and divides it into two different jurisdictions: the judicial courts and the administrative and fiscal courts.The constitution also makes provisions regarding the Constitutional Court, the Audit Court, the arbitration tribunals, the justice of the peace courts and conflict courts ():
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