Supreme administrative court

A supreme administrative court is the highest court in a country with jurisdiction over lower administrative courts and the administrative decisions of the authorities, but not the legislative decisions (laws) made by the government (which are under the jurisdiction of a constitutional court).

Seats of supreme administrative courts:

• French Council of State
• Supreme Administrative Court of Austria

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• Federal Administrative Court of Germany
• Supreme Administrative Court of Poland

Supreme admininistrative courts are typically associated with civil law jurisdictions in which they sit atop a hierarchy of first- and second-instance administrative courts; they are not typically found in common law jurisdictions.

List of supreme administrative courts

• Supreme Administrative Court of Austria
• Supreme Administrative Court ("Council of State") of Belgium
• Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria
• Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of China
• Council of State (Colombia)
• Administrative High Court of Croatia
• Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic
• Supreme Administrative Court of Egypt
• Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
• Supreme Administrative Court ("Council of State") of France
• Federal Administrative Court of Germany
• Council of State (Greece)
• Administrative Court of Iran
• Supreme Administrative Court ("Council of State") of Italy
• Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania
• Administrative court of Luxembourg
• Council of State (Netherlands)
• Supreme Administrative Court of Poland
• Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal
• Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden
• Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland
• Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand
• Supreme Administrative Court ("Council of State") of Turkey