National Court (Iceland)
| National Court | |
|---|---|
| Landsdómur | |
| Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Established | 1905 |
| Jurisdiction | Iceland |
| Location | Reykjavík |
| Composition method |
|
| Authorised by | Constitution No. 33/1944 National Court Act No. 3/1963 |
| Judge term length | 6 years (Parliament appointees) |
| Number of positions | 15 (by statute) |
| Website | landsdómur |
 |
|---|
| Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal'). |
The National Court (Icelandic: Landsdómur [ˈlan(t)sˌtouːmʏr̥]) is a special high court in Iceland established in 1905 to handle cases where members of the Cabinet are suspected of criminal behaviour.[1]
Composition
[edit | edit source]The National Court has 15 members: five Supreme Court justices, the Reykjavík District Court President, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Iceland and eight people chosen by the Parliament every six years.[2]
Assembly
[edit | edit source]The court assembled for the first time in 2011,[3] to prosecute former Prime Minister Geir Haarde for alleged gross misconduct in the events leading up to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis. On September 28, 2010, the Parliament decided, by 33 votes to 30, to charge Haarde.[4] Originally faced with six charges, he was convicted only on one that was considered to be a minor one.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
