Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review)

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The Constitutional Court of Austria is the supreme judicial body responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and acts of public authorities, including those of the federal government.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appointmentBy Federal President of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian President
branchOf judiciary of Austria ⓘ
canAnnul unconstitutional decisions of administrative authorities ⓘ
unconstitutional federal laws ⓘ
unconstitutional ordinances ⓘ
unconstitutional state laws ⓘ
coequalWith Administrative Court of Austria ⓘ
Supreme Court of Justice of Austria ⓘ
composition other members ⓘ
president ⓘ
vice-president ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
establishedInPeriod First Austrian Republic ⓘ
function constitutional review ⓘ
interpretation of the Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
protection of constitutional rights ⓘ
review of elections and referendums ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver acts of public authorities in Austria ⓘ
administrative regulations in Austria ⓘ
federal government acts of Austria ⓘ
federal laws of Austria ⓘ
provincial government acts of Austria ⓘ
state laws of Austria ⓘ
hasPower abstract review of norms ⓘ
concrete review of norms ⓘ
individual constitutional complaints in certain cases ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austria
languageOfCourt German ⓘ
legalBasis Austrian Federal Constitutional Law ⓘ
Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz ⓘ
locatedIn Innere Stadt ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
nominationsFrom Federal Council of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament

Federal Government of Austria ⓘ
National Council of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament
officialName Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
oversees constitutionality of the exercise of public power in Austria ⓘ
partOf Austrian judicial system ⓘ
positionInHierarchy one of the three highest courts of Austria ⓘ
supreme body for constitutional review in Austria ⓘ
reviews treaties for constitutionality in certain procedures ⓘ
reviewsFor compatibility with constitutionally guaranteed rights ⓘ
compatibility with the Austrian Constitution ⓘ
seat Vienna ⓘ
shortName VfGH ⓘ
typeOfMembers judges ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Austrian federal government → subordinateTo → Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review) ⓘ
Supreme Administrative Court of Austria → distinctFrom → Constitutional Court of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review)
VfGH → officialNameInEnglish → Constitutional Court of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review)
Supreme Court of Justice of Austria → distinctFrom → Constitutional Court of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review)
Austrian judiciary → hasSupremeCourt → Constitutional Court of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review)