Verfassungsgerichtshof

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Verfassungsgerichtshof is Austria’s highest constitutional court, responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and safeguarding the country’s constitutional order.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Verfassungsgerichtshof canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appealTo no regular appeal against its decisions ⓘ
appointmentBy Federal President of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian President
bindingForce decisions binding on all other Austrian authorities ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Austria ⓘ
building Verfassungsgerichtshof building, Vienna ⓘ
canAnnul unconstitutional parts of laws ⓘ
unconstitutional regulations ⓘ
unconstitutional statutes ⓘ
competence adjudication of electoral disputes ⓘ
impeachment proceedings against highest office holders ⓘ
judicial review of laws ⓘ
protection of constitutional rights ⓘ
review of constitutionality of international treaties under certain conditions ⓘ
review of constitutionality of statutes ⓘ
review of regulations and ordinances ⓘ
composition President ⓘ
Vice-President ⓘ
linked to: Vice President

other members (judges) ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
differenceFrom Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court for civil and criminal matters) ⓘ
Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Administrative Court) ⓘ
establishedBy Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ
foundationPrinciple Austrian Federal Constitution ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austria
languageOfProceedings German ⓘ
legalNature specialized constitutional jurisdiction ⓘ
legalOrder Austrian legal system ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Vienna ⓘ
memberTitle Verfassungsrichter ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
nativeName Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
nominationBy Federal Council of Austria ⓘ
Federal Government of Austria ⓘ
National Council of Austria ⓘ
officialName Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
primaryFunction safeguarding the constitutional order of Austria ⓘ
protects fundamental rights under the Austrian Constitution ⓘ
reviews federal laws ⓘ
state (Länder) laws ⓘ
role guardian of the Austrian Constitution ⓘ
highest constitutional court in Austria ⓘ
seat Vienna ⓘ
separationOfPowersRole constitutional review ⓘ
shortName VfGH ⓘ
typeOfReview abstract review of norms ⓘ
concrete review of norms ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Constitutional Court of Austria → officialName → Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
BGBl. Nr. 1/1930 as amended → isAppliedBy → Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
VfGH → officialName → Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
Verfassungsgerichtshof → officialName → Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
Verfassungsgerichtshof → nativeName → Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
Austrian Constitutional Court → nativeName → Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ