Cuba's Judical System

Cuba that beautiful little island that lies in between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea is known for its wonderful culture, divine cuisine, and is a totalitarian police state which relies on its repressive methods to ensure it maintains total control over its people. Its judicial system takes on the same complexities from Cuba’s judicial system, executive, The National Assembly, Cuba’s constitution, and the republic’s definition of crime and punishment.

Cuba’s judicial structure is made up of the same branches such as the United States they have the three branches they are the executive, legislative, and judicial .The original judicial system of Cuba was a direct reflection of the Spanish Colonies; it was then reformed in 1902 to its existing branches of the judicial system. Cuba’s justice system is headed up by the people’s Supreme Court which involves a president, Vice President which is elected by the National Assembly which we will later discuss. The president Vice president and Judges are usually elected to serve a term of Two and a half years. The way their system works is all other professionals and judges of all sorts follow the ruling of the supreme court, which is a lot like how the united states Supreme courts give our final rulings and set the precedence for other rulings to come.

The executive branch of Cuba is run by the government it was headed up by the president of Cuba Fidel Castro, who is also the head of government and the president. Elections are held by the National Assembly, but there is no such thing as a regular set election date, when elections get scheduled they are done on the whim of the president. Executive branch the members that serve in the cabinet other than the president and v...

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