61 Section 1: Judicial Organization In this part, we will address the nature of the judicial organization in the Great Jamhirya, later we will move on to court types and levels and other judicial bodies. We will then take up terms of appointment of members of the judicial bodies. Finally we will come across some critical developments of the Libyan judiciary. 1- Nature of the Judicial System in the Jamhirya The Libyan judicial system is built around the notion of the unity of the judiciary. The Libyan legislator has declined to adopt the concept of the dual judicial system as is the case in many countries of the world which basically apply the Latin system to their litigation system. In the Great Jamhirya, only one judicial system is in place that is comprised of: Summary Courts, Courts of First Instance, and Courts of Appeal and on top of all these courts is one Supreme Court. Judicial organization is dwelt on multiplicity of courts in response to two basic considerations; First: the vast geographic extension of the Libyan Region; Second: the desire to achieve quality justice by placing courts nearby litigants' domiciles. These courts examine civil, commercial and criminal disputes and personal status cases. There are specialized circuits to examine some cases; for example the Department of Constitutional Jurisdiction at the Supreme Court that is exclusively competent to look into the constitutionality of laws to verify their conformity with basic laws; the Administrative Judicial Circuits at the Courts of Appeal exclusively competent to rule on requests of revoking illegal administrative decisions and determine due compensation as well as examine administrative matters relating to contracts. All courts run their affairs in accordance with the Code of Civil and Commercial Proceedings and Code of Criminal Procedure alongside some additional provisions in the Administrative Law, Supreme Court Law, and Code of Personal Status Procedure.