Judicial Power in the Vatican City State
- Institution: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2635-6462
- Institution: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski
- Year of publication: 2019
- Source: Show
- Pages: 211-221
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2019.06.16
- PDF: ppk/52/ppk5216.pdf
The aim of this article is to present the development and structure of the judiciary in the Vatican City State, which is an absolute and elective monarchy, while the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church enjoys full legislative, executive and judicial power. In turn, the system of public authorities’ power has a complex structure and is completely different from the construction of the political system in other countries. This in turn implies the original judicial structure in the Vatican City State.