Judiciary professions Judiciary of Portugal
1 judiciary professions 1.1 judges 1.2 public ministry magistrates 1.3 barristers , solicitors 1.4 officers of justice judiciary professions judges the judges independent magistrates judge accordingly portuguese constitution , law. there 2 separate bodies of career judges, part of civil service. first 1 judicial magistrates corps, formed judges serve in judicial courts. superior body of corps higher council of magistracy, presided president of supreme court of justice. other body of judges of administrative , tax jurisdiction. headed higher council of administrative , tax courts, presided president of supreme administrative court. although independent of each other, 2 bodies of career judges share many characteristics. both have same categories of judges, of conselheiro (counselor), desembargador , juíz de direito (judge of law), corresponding, respectively judges of supreme, second instance , first instance courts. the access careers of judges implies graduation in special school of m...