Editing Denmark (section)

=== Law and judicial system ===
{{Main|Law of Denmark|Courts of Denmark}}
{{See also|Crime in Denmark}}
{{Hatnote|Also related: [[Judiciary of Greenland]]}}
[[File:2024 Københavns Domhus (1).jpg|thumb|"With law shall land be built", preamble to the [[Codex Holmiensis|Code of Jutland]] above [[Copenhagen Court House]]. In 2023, the [[World Justice Project]] ranked Denmark no. 1 on their rule of law index<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=WJP Rule of Law Index 2023 Global Press Release |url=https://worldjusticeproject.org/news/wjp-rule-law-index-2023-global-press-release |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=World Justice Project |language=en}}</ref>]]
Denmark has a [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] system with some references to [[Germanic law]]. Denmark resembles Norway and Sweden in never having developed a [[case-law]] like that of [[English law|England]] and the [[United States]] nor comprehensive [[Code (law)|codes]] like those of France and Germany. Much of its law is [[Custom (law)|customary]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Orfield|first1=Lester Bernhardt Orfield|title=The Growth of Scandinavian Law|date=2002|publisher=Lawbook Exchange|location=Union, N.J.|isbn=978-1-58477-180-7|page=14}}</ref>

The judicial system of Denmark is divided between courts with regular civil and [[criminal law|criminal]] jurisdiction and administrative courts with jurisdiction over litigation between individuals and the public administration. Articles sixty-two and sixty-four of the Constitution ensure [[judicial independence]] from government and Parliament by providing that judges shall only be guided by the law, including acts, statutes and practice.<ref>"The administration of justice shall always remain independent of the executive power. Rules to this effect shall be laid down by Statute&nbsp;..." [http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/da00000_.html The Constitution of Denmark – Sections/Articles 62 and 64.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710092702/http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/da00000_.html |date=10 July 2011 }}</ref> The Kingdom of Denmark does not have a single unified judicial system – Denmark has one system, Greenland another, and the Faroe Islands a third.<ref>{{harvnb|Gammelgaard|Sørensen|1998|p=18}}</ref> However, decisions by the highest courts in Greenland and the Faroe Islands may be appealed to the Danish High Courts. The [[Supreme Court of Denmark|Danish Supreme Court]] is the highest civil and criminal court responsible for the administration of justice in the Kingdom.