The Judicial System In The Court System Of Puerto Rico

systems that adequately fulfill the need of the state’s interest. In Puerto Rico, the geography creates a special need, therefore, multiple lower courts are imperative. The lower court system will entail a lower municipality court and the small claims court. These courts will be based on the jurisdiction size and location, while still following the standards of the Puerto Rico Constitution. Besides municipal courts the lower courts will also entail small claims courts in order to relinquish the larger caseloads in the intermediate court system. The Intermediate court or appellate court will be the next level of in the court system. The immediate court will be responsible for appeals within lower municipality courts and small claims, it will also entail a Common Pleas Court. And just as all other United States jurisdictions, the Supreme Court will be the highest court in the nation, in which will be the decision maker in all cases that are appealed in the U.S. State Courts, as well as to determine what is considered a violation of the Constitution. Because of Puerto Ricco’s uniqueness and size, the Municipal Court also known as Minor or People’s Court, will reflect Pennsylvania ‘s standard of being the first level of the Puerto Rico Judicial system (The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, 2016), Municipal

Similar to Pennsylvania’s court structure, it will be responsible for handling appeals in the lower courts, matters involving the common wealth fare of the children such as juvenile delinquents, civil and criminal suites and family matters (The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, (2016). Common plea courts will function as the general trial courts over all 78 jurisdictions. It will have jurisdiction of all municipalities, and handle cases that are beyond the jurisdiction of other courts. The divisions of the common plea courts will include criminal, domestic, civil and