without trial in special hearing, courts, and it is usually heard more of general follow jurisdiction. the jurisdiction same courts if there rapidly than Special courts procedural rules follow; is a trial or often special in a court usually do not that general- courts proceed without the benefit or expense of attorneys or even lawtrained judges.” 57.As may be deduced from the foregoing literature, commonplace that special courts would hear a much of cases those than the cases before entertained them more and do is quite narrower range by general-jurisdiction rapidly; it courts; not usually hear apply the same procedural rules as the general-jurisdiction courts. 58. Against that yardstick, contravenes therefore, we do not think that Act No. the principle of rule of law simply because it does provide for appeals from the Special Court to the Supreme any event, Respondent, as quite the rightly said law argued does by make learned provision Counsel for 1/26 an Court. for not In the appellate process from the First Instance Division to the Appellate Chamber of the Court. In fact, the judges of the Special Court do appear to have the same standing in terms of qualifications as judges of the Supreme Court of Burundi. Hence the question of the legal proficiency of the Court’s judgments would not arise. that the Burundi Constitution We take the view that the fact provided for the Supreme Court as the highest court of the land does not necessarily translate into all judicial matters having the option to progress thereto. 59. Indeed, had we considered the provisions of Article 40 of the law, the fact that the commencement of an appeal process does not serve Reference No.1 5 of 2014 Page 26