Consulta

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Consulta is the commonly used short name for Italy’s Constitutional Court, the supreme body responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and resolving certain institutional disputes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Consulta canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
bindingDecisions true ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judiciary ⓘ
canAnnulLaws true ⓘ
compositionFeature mixed appointment system ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Articles 134-137 of the Italian Constitution ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
countryCapital Rome ⓘ
decisionsPublishedIn Gazzetta Ufficiale ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Italy ⓘ
establishedIn 1956 ⓘ
foundationLegalBasis Italian Constitution, Title VI ⓘ
hasPower interpretation of constitutional provisions ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
hearsDisputesBetween Regions ⓘ
State and Regions ⓘ
branches of the State ⓘ
hearsIndividualAccess indirect via ordinary courts ⓘ
judgeAppointmentBy Parliament in joint session ⓘ
President of the Republic ⓘ
higher ordinary and administrative courts ⓘ
jurisdiction Italian Republic ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
legalNature supreme constitutional body ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Palazzo della Consulta ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
numberOfJudges 15 ⓘ
officialName Corte costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana ⓘ
presidentTitle President of the Constitutional Court ⓘ
reelectionOfJudges not allowed ⓘ
region Lazio ⓘ
reviewScope national laws ⓘ
regional laws ⓘ
state acts with force of law ⓘ
role protection of the Italian Constitution ⓘ
resolution of institutional disputes ⓘ
review of constitutionality of laws ⓘ
seatBuildingFunction historic palace and institutional seat ⓘ
shortName Consulta ⓘ
termLengthOfJudges 9 years ⓘ
typeOfReview constitutional review ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Consulta → shortName → Consulta ⓘ
Consulta of Corsica → shortName → Consulta ⓘ