Courts of First Instance of Peru

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The Courts of First Instance are the third hierarchic level organized in the judiciary of Peru. [1] [2]

Each province has a Court of First Instance. Courts of First Instance are subdivided according to their specialty. [3]

The specialties that the courts are divided into are the following;

Courts that receive cases from more than one of these categories are called Mixed Courts. Trials that originate in Courts of Peace, can be re-tried in these courts. Likewise, trials originating in these courts may be re-tried in Superior Courts.

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  1. Rao, Sunil. "Research Guides: Peru: A Legal Research Guide: Introduction". researchguides.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. "Peru 11.760". www.cidh.org. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. "HKTDC Research". research.hktdc.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.