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===Senate=== | ===Senate=== | ||
The Senate (''Pravitelstvuyushchi Senat'', i.e. directing or governing senate), originally established during the government reform of Peter I, consists of members appointed by the Emperor. Its wide variety of functions are carried out by the different departments into which it is divided. It is the supreme court of cassation; an audit office, a high court of justice for all political offences; one of its departments fulfills the functions of a heralds' college. It also has supreme jurisdiction in all disputes arising out of the administration of the Empire, notably differences between representatives of the central power and the elected organs of local self-government. Lastly, it promulgates new laws, a function which theoretically gives it a power akin to that of the Supreme Court of the United States, of rejecting measures not in accordance with fundamental laws. | The Senate (''Pravitelstvuyushchi Senat'', i.e. directing or governing senate), originally established during the government reform of Peter I, consists of members appointed by the Emperor. Its wide variety of functions are carried out by the different departments into which it is divided. It is the supreme court of cassation; an audit office, a high court of justice for all political offences; one of its departments fulfills the functions of a heralds' college. It also has supreme jurisdiction in all disputes arising out of the administration of the Empire, notably differences between representatives of the central power and the elected organs of local self-government. Lastly, it promulgates new laws, a function which theoretically gives it a power akin to that of the Supreme Court of the United States, of rejecting measures not in accordance with fundamental laws. | ||
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==Judicial system== | ==Judicial system== |