TC

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TC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Constitutional Court of Spain, the country’s highest body in matters of constitutional interpretation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constitutional court ⓘ
court of law ⓘ
abbreviationOf Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spanish Constitutional Court ⓘ
appointmentBy King of Spain ⓘ
branch judicial branch ⓘ
composition panel of magistrates ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
decidesOn amparo appeals for protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
appeals of unconstitutionality (recurso de inconstitucionalidad) ⓘ
conflicts of jurisdiction of constitutional relevance ⓘ
questions of unconstitutionality raised by ordinary courts ⓘ
distinctFrom Supreme Court of Spain ⓘ
establishedBy Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
establishedInYear 1978 ⓘ
fullName Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
fullNameInEnglish Constitutional Court of Spain ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver autonomous communities of Spain ⓘ
central government of Spain ⓘ
public authorities of Spain ⓘ
hasPower conflict resolution between State and autonomous communities ⓘ
conflict resolution between autonomous communities ⓘ
conflict resolution between constitutional bodies ⓘ
constitutional complaint (recurso de amparo) ⓘ
judicial review of laws ⓘ
review of acts of the autonomous communities for constitutionality ⓘ
review of governmental acts for constitutionality ⓘ
review of the constitutionality of international treaties prior to ratification ⓘ
review of the constitutionality of statutes ⓘ
interprets Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legalNature independent constitutional body ⓘ
legalSystem Spanish legal system ⓘ
location Madrid ⓘ
locationCountry Spain ⓘ
memberTitle magistrate ⓘ
nominatedBy Congress of Deputies ⓘ
General Council of the Judiciary ⓘ
Government of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish government

Senate of Spain ⓘ
protects fundamental rights and public liberties under the Spanish Constitution ⓘ
role highest body in matters of constitutional interpretation in Spain ⓘ
separateFrom ordinary judiciary of Spain ⓘ
typeOfCourt special constitutional court ⓘ
website https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es ⓘ

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