This is a list of notable courthouses. These are buildings that have primarily been used to host a court. In some countries, "courthouse" is not the term used, instead the term for the building is simply "court". Courthouses have often been designed to be architecturally grand or imposing.
International
Courthouses of courts having international scope include: Peace Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands, seat of International Court of Justice of the United Nations European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France Future permanent premises of the International Criminal Court, The Hague Building of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Building(s) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica
Europe
Albania Constitutional Court of Albania Supreme Court of Albania
Belgium
Palace of Justice Antwerp Palace of Justice, Brussels
Denmark Copenhagen Court House Courthouse and Jail, Esbjerg Frederiksberg Courthouse
France Palais de justice historique de Lyon Palais de Justice, Paris Palais de Justice, Strasbourg
Germany Kammergericht, Berlin Kriminalgericht, Berlin Landgericht Berlin Justizpalast (Munich) Palace of Justice, Nuremberg
Ireland Four Courts Criminal Courts of Justice (Dublin) Green Street Court House
Italy
Florence Courthouse Genoa Courthouse Milan Courthouse Palace of Justice, Rome Palermo Courthouse Savona Courthouse
Malta
Auberge d'Auvergne, formerly a courthouse Auberge d'Italie, formerly a courthouse Banca Giuratale (Mdina), formerly a courthouse Castellania, formerly a courthouse Corte Capitanale, formerly a courthouse Courts of Justice building (Valletta) Inquisitor's Palace, formerly a courthouse
Netherlands
Supreme Court of the Netherlands, The Hague Hoge Raad der Nederlanden / Huis Huguetan Modern building(s) of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands Rechthuis (Bellingwolde), former courthouse used 1643–1811, a national historic site since 1972, now a private residence
Romania Palace of Justice, Bucharest Tulcea Art Museum, a former courthouse
Sweden Bonde Palace Stockholm Court House Wrangel Palace
United Kingdom Scotland
Edinburgh Sheriff Court Glasgow Sheriff Court Hamilton Sheriff Court Paisley Sheriff Court
England and Wales
List of Crown Court venues in England and Wales List of county court venues in England and Wales List of former county courts in Wales
Other Europe
Palace of Justice, Vienna, Austria Palais de Justice, Brussels, Belgium Sofia Court House, Bulgaria Helsinki Court House, Finland Judiciary City, Luxembourg Oslo Courthouse, Norway Courthouse in Września, Poland Courthouse (Ljubljana), Slovenia Istanbul Justice Palace, Turkey
Americas
Canada
Calgary Courts Centre, Alberta Law Courts (Edmonton), Alberta Law Courts (Vancouver), British Columbia Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia Charlotte County Court House, New Brunswick, the oldest Canadian courthouse in continuous operation Moncton Law Courts, New Brunswick Halifax Court House, Nova Scotia Kings County Museum, Nova Scotia A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse, Ontario Adelaide Street Court House, Ontario, former Toronto courthouse Frontenac County Court House, Kingston, Ontario Mackenzie Hall, Ontario, former Essex County courthouse Old City Hall (Guelph), Ontario 10 Armoury Street, Toronto, Ontario - new Toronto Courthouse Old City Hall (Toronto), Ontario - former courthouse College Park (Toronto);- former courthouse Old Newmarket Town Hall and Courthouse, Ontario Osgoode Hall, Ontario Ottawa Courthouse, Ontario Peel County Courthouse, Ontario Perth County Courthouse, Ontario Renfrew County Courthouse, Ontario Second Supreme Court of Canada building, Ottawa, Ontario Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Toronto Courthouse, Ontario Édifice Ernest-Cormier, Quebec, a former courthouse Édifice Lucien-Saulnier, Quebec Palais de justice (Montreal), Quebec Battleford Court House, Saskatchewan Moose Jaw Court House, Saskatchewan
United States
Aliʻiōlani Hale, Honolulu, Hawaii Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina Austin United States Courthouse, Austin, Texas Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Indianapolis, Indiana Byron White United States Courthouse, Denver, Colorado Caldwell County Courthouse, Lockhart, Texas Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio Charles R. Jonas Federal Building, Charlotte, North Carolina Dan M. Russell Jr. United States Courthouse, Gulfport, Mississippi Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, Manhattan, New York City E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, Washington, D.C. Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Los Angeles, California Federal Building and Post Office (Brooklyn), Brooklyn, New York City Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse, Newark, New Jersey Gene Snyder United States Courthouse, Louisville, Kentucky Harold D. Donohue Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Worcester, Massachusetts Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse, Birmingham, Alabama Iowa Judicial Branch Building, Des Moines, Iowa James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building, New Orleans, Louisiana John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse, Boston, Massachusetts Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse, Newark, New Jersey Ohio Judicial Center, Columbus, Ohio Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico Philadelphia City Hall & Courthouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Richard H. Chambers United States Court of Appeals, Pasadena, California Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse, New Haven, Connecticut Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Detroit, Michigan Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York City Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, Manhattan, New York City United States Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C.
Mexico Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Mexico City, Mexico
South America
Palace of Justice of the Argentine Nation. Argentina Supreme Federal Court Palace, Brazil Palace of Justice of São Paulo, Brazil Palace of Justice of Amazonas, Brazil Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia de Santiago, Chile Palace of Justice of Colombia Palace of Justice, Lima, Peru Piria Palace, Montevideo, Uruguai Palacio de Justicia de Caracas, Venezuela
Asia
India Bombay High Court, India Madras High Court, India Patiala House Courts Complex, India Tis Hazari Courts Complex, India
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex Palace of Justice, Putrajaya
Other Asia Old High Court Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh Supreme People's Court, China Former Central Magistracy, Hong Kong, a former courthouse Court of Final Appeal Building, Hong Kong, a former courthouse Old Supreme Court Building, Singapore
Africa and Middle East
El-Hakaneia Palace, Alexandria, Egypt Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia Temple of Justice, Liberia Mahkamah Mosque, a former courthouse in Palestine Courthouse of Tehran, Iran Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa
Australia and Pacific
Australia
in Australian Capital Territory High Court of Australia, Canberra
in New South Wales Courthouses in New South Wales, including: Downing Centre, Sydney Parramatta Justice Precinct, Sydney
in Queensland
Atherton Courthouse Ayr Court House Bowen Courthouse Brisbane Magistrates Court Bundaberg Police Station Charters Towers Courthouse Childers Court House Cloncurry Courthouse Drystone Wall, Melton Hill Gladstone Court House Gympie Court House Ingham Court House Innisfail Courthouse Ipswich Courthouse Law Courts, Brisbane Mackay Court House and Police Station Mackay Courthouse Maryborough Courthouse Mount Morgan Court House and Police Station Old Cleveland Police Station Old Ipswich Courthouse Old Toowoomba Court House Pomona Court House Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane Rockhampton Courthouse Roma Courthouse Rosewood Courthouse Southport Courthouse St Lawrence Police Station Toowoomba Court House Townsville Magistrates Court Tully Court House Warwick Court House
in South Australia
in Victoria Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne Former Melbourne Magistrates' Court, Melbourne Melbourne Magistrates' Court, Melbourne Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne
in Western Australia Children's Court of Western Australia, Perth District Court of Western Australia, Perth Family Court of Western Australia, Perth Magistrates Court of Western Australia, Perth Old Court House, Perth, Perth, constructed 1896–97, used until 1902 Supreme Court of Western Australia, Perth Toodyay Court House, Toodyay
New Zealand Dunedin Law Courts
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