Tribunal Constitucional

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Tribunal Constitucional is Spain’s highest court responsible for interpreting the Constitution and ruling on the constitutionality of laws and governmental actions.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
appointmentBy King of Spain ⓘ
appointmentOnProposalOf Congress of Deputies of Spain ⓘ
General Council of the Judiciary of Spain ⓘ
Government of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish government

Senate of Spain ⓘ
bindingForce its decisions are binding on all public authorities ⓘ
its decisions cannot be appealed to any other Spanish court ⓘ
canAnnul laws contrary to the Constitution ⓘ
canSuspend application of challenged norms in certain cases ⓘ
composition magistrates ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme interpreter of the Constitution in Spain ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
establishedBy Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver autonomous communities of Spain ⓘ
central government of Spain ⓘ
local authorities in Spain ⓘ
headquarters Madrid ⓘ
highestCourtFor constitutional matters in Spain ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Constitution ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Organic Law of the Constitutional Court ⓘ
Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
Title IX of the Spanish Constitution ⓘ
legalForm organic constitutional body ⓘ
location Madrid ⓘ
memberTitle magistrado del Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
notHighestCourtFor ordinary jurisdiction ⓘ
officialName Tribunal Constitucional de España ⓘ
Tribunal Constitucional del Reino de España ⓘ
role controls the constitutionality of international treaties in certain cases ⓘ
decides on amparo appeals ⓘ
decides on appeals of unconstitutionality ⓘ
interprets the Spanish Constitution ⓘ
protects fundamental rights and public liberties ⓘ
resolves conflicts between constitutional bodies ⓘ
resolves conflicts of competence between state and autonomous communities ⓘ
reviews constitutionality of governmental actions ⓘ
reviews constitutionality of laws ⓘ
separationFrom Poder Judicial de España ⓘ
ordinary court system of Spain ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional review ⓘ
distribution of powers between state and autonomous communities ⓘ
fundamental rights protection ⓘ
typeOfDecision judgment ⓘ
order ⓘ

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

Constitutional Court of Spain → nativeName → Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
TC → officialName → Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
TC → nativeName → Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
TC → abbreviationFor → Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
TC → fullName → Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
TC → abbreviationOf → Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
Calle Domenico Scarlatti, Madrid → hasBuilding → Sede del Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
linked to: Tribunal Constitucional
Spanish Constitution of 1978 → establishesCourt → Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ