Palace of Justice

The Palace of Justice was the meeting site of the Sovereign's Tribunal, the highest court of the Golden Empire, as well as a major office of the Ministry of Justice.

Intended to provide a home for the Tribunal, as Queen Rin Sakaros did not want a constant stream of litigants coming to her flagship, the Sith Star, the Palace of Justice was constructed on Rubutu, with work completing in just under a year in 104 ABY. It was designed with a large, ornate structure, a thirty-meter-tall marble staircase leading to the main entrance. Topping the building, accessible only by an interior turbolift, was a domed, open-air columned rotunda in which the Tribunal met to hear cases, though shields could be activated to dampen ambient noise and keep out inclement weather. The Tribunal had a private meeting chamber inside the main building where the Justices could discuss cases; every Justice also had a personal office.

The main body of the Palace was given over to administrative and recording offices. The Ministry of Justice kept several databases inside the building, storing every Tribunal decision (including rejected appeals) and "summarized" versions of verdicts to be disseminated to the Empire's member systems. Ministry clerks were also on hand to provide any case information the Justices might request. In addition, the Palace contained a biographical database of every lower-court Justice from the planet-wide level up for the Tribunal's perusal, as part of their duty to recommend Justices for appointment to inferior courts to the Sovereign.