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==Judicial system==
In Martinique, the French system of justice is in force with there being two lower courts (''[[Tribunal d'instance|tribunaux d’instance]]''), one higher court (''tribunal de grande instance''), one administrative court, a commercial court, and a [[Court of appeal (France)|court of appeal]] at Fort-de-France.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Martinique|title=Martinique {{!}} Island|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-12-28|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2uK6bR9byVIC&pg=RA1-PA216&dq|title=Crime and Punishment around the World [4 volumes]: [Four Volumes]|last=Newman|first=Graeme R.|date=2010-10-19|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313351341|language=en}}</ref>

With regard to the legal profession, it is known that women have been practicing law since 1945 when Andrée Pierre-Rose Bocaly became an attorney. She would be followed by Marcelle Yang-ting, Marie-Thérèse Yoyo-Likao, and Marie-Alice André-Jaccoulet (1969) in sequence.