Organic Law

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Organic Law is a special category of Spanish legislation that regulates fundamental rights and key institutional structures, requiring an absolute majority in Parliament for its approval or reform.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Organic Law canonical 1
organic constitutional law 1
organic law 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf type of Spanish legislation ⓘ
adoptedBy Congress of Deputies (Spain) ⓘ
Cortes Generales ⓘ
Senate (Spain) ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Spain
bindingOn citizens in Spain ⓘ
public authorities in Spain ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 81 of the Spanish Constitution ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
definedIn Spanish Constitution ⓘ
distinguishedFrom ordinary law (Spain) ⓘ
enforcedBy Spanish courts ⓘ
exampleOf hierarchical differentiation of laws in civil law systems ⓘ
higherRankThan ordinary law (Spain) ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalHierarchy above ordinary laws (Spain) ⓘ
below the Constitution of Spain ⓘ
legalSystem Spanish legal system ⓘ
legalTermIn Spanish constitutional law ⓘ
regulates fundamental rights ⓘ
key institutional structures ⓘ
requires formal legislative procedure ⓘ
requiresForApproval absolute majority in Parliament ⓘ
absolute majority of the Congress of Deputies in a final vote on the whole bill ⓘ
requiresForReform absolute majority in Parliament ⓘ
requiresMajorityIn Congress of Deputies (Spain) ⓘ
Senate (Spain) ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Spain
scope matters of special constitutional relevance ⓘ
subjectMatter approval of Statutes of Autonomy ⓘ
development of fundamental rights and public liberties ⓘ
general electoral regime ⓘ
other matters expressly reserved by the Constitution ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Constitutional Court of Spain ⓘ
usedFor implementation of constitutional provisions on rights and institutions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Organic Constitutional Law on Municipalities → legalHierarchy → organic constitutional law ⓘ
linked to: Organic Law
Organic Law 6/2006 → legalForm → organic law ⓘ
linked to: Organic Law