h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Do you have a system of judgeships for courts of law? Are they part of your government? Does each party get a share, or are they at the whim of current government?

The judicial system is seperate from the political one, there are three mayor courts, district court, court of appeal, and the high court.

How to judges get chosen?

On the fly translation from the Swedish National Encyclopedia:

Judge: Person judging cases in a court of law.
A judge may be a layman or a jurist.
The Jurist judge is a lawman, headcounselor or a counselor (translators remark: different levels of judges)
in higher courts president of the court, courtlawman or courtcounselor.
And in the supreme court a counselor of justice.
The jurist judges are appointed by the governement and in practice unchangeable.
The layman judges are appointed by election (in municipality governement or county governement, not general elections).
To be a layman judge you have to be a Swedish citizen, resident of the courts jurisdiction.To be a jurist judge you have to be a Swedish citizen and have a degree in law.

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