Austrian December Constitution

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The Austrian December Constitution was the set of fundamental laws enacted in 1867 that established the constitutional framework and civil liberties of the Cisleithanian (Austrian) half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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instanceOf constitution
set of fundamental laws
aimedTo appease liberal and national movements
appliesTo Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
cameIntoForceIn Cisleithania NERFINISHED
contains Basic Law on the Executive Power NERFINISHED
Basic Law on the General Rights of Citizens NERFINISHED
Basic Law on the Imperial Court NERFINISHED
Basic Law on the Judiciary NERFINISHED
Basic Law on the Representation of the Empire NERFINISHED
country Cisleithania NERFINISHED
dateEnacted 1867
defines powers of the Reichsrat
relationship between emperor and parliament
established civil liberties in Cisleithania
constitutional framework of Cisleithania
establishes House of Deputies (Abgeordnetenhaus) NERFINISHED
House of Lords (Herrenhaus) NERFINISHED
bicameral Reichsrat NERFINISHED
follows February Patent NERFINISHED
October Diploma NERFINISHED
guaranteesRight equality before the law
freedom of assembly
freedom of association
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
inviolability of property
inviolability of the home
hasShortName December Constitution of 1867 NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
influencedBy 1848 revolutions in the Habsburg lands
liberal constitutionalism
language German
legalStatus fundamental law
legalSystem constitutional monarchy
partOf Austro-Hungarian constitutional system
constitutional law of Cisleithania
placeEnacted Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
Vienna NERFINISHED
politicalForm parliamentary monarchy
promulgatedBy Franz Joseph I of Austria NERFINISHED
regulates judicial independence
ministerial responsibility
state of emergency powers
replaced neo-absolutist system of government in Austria
validUntil 1918
yearEnacted 1867

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House of Lords (Austria) governingDocument Austrian December Constitution
Law XII of 1867 (Hungary) alsoKnownAs Austrian December Constitution
this entity surface form: Austro-Hungarian Compromise Act (Hungary)
Realism (Czech political movement) influencedBy Austrian December Constitution
this entity surface form: Austrian constitutionalism