Extraordinary court
Court with irregular procedure or composition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Special court" redirects here. For courts with specialized subject-matter jurisdiction, see specialized court.
An extraordinary court, or special court, is a type of court that is established outside of ordinary judiciary, composed of irregularly selected judges or applies irregular procedure for judgment. Since extraordinary court can be abused to infringe fundamental rights of individuals, contemporaly most of countries ban such courts by constitution or statutes. Usually, modern military courts judged by court-martials are regarded as examples of extraordinary courts.[1]