Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland

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parliamentary committee standing committee

The Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland is a key parliamentary body that interprets constitutional issues and reviews the constitutionality of proposed legislation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland canonical	3
Perustuslakivaliokunta	1
perustuslakivaliokunta	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary committee ⓘ standing committee ⓘ
composition	members of Parliament of Finland ⓘ
constitutionalReviewModel	parliamentary ex ante review ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
decisionType	issues non-binding but highly authoritative opinions ⓘ
distinguishingFeature	main organ for constitutional review in Finland instead of a constitutional court ⓘ
governs	constitutional scrutiny of legislative proposals in Finland ⓘ
hasFunction	assesses compatibility of legislation with EU law in constitutional respects ⓘ assesses compatibility of legislation with human rights treaties ⓘ issues opinions on the constitutionality of government bills ⓘ issues opinions on the constitutionality of members’ bills ⓘ prepares matters concerning amendments to the Constitution ⓘ prepares matters concerning enactment of constitutional laws ⓘ prepares matters concerning limitations of fundamental rights ⓘ prepares matters concerning parliamentary oversight of constitutional organs ⓘ prepares matters concerning states of emergency legislation ⓘ prepares matters concerning transfer of powers to international organizations ⓘ
hasSubordination	reports to the plenary of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
influenceOnProcess	opinions guide other committees in amending bills ⓘ opinions guide the plenary in constitutional matters ⓘ
jurisdiction	Finland ⓘ
languageOfWork	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Finland ⓘ Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Finland ⓘ
locatedIn	Helsinki ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	Parliament House, Helsinki ⓘ
mainResponsibility	constitutional review of legislation ⓘ interpretation of constitutional issues ⓘ oversight of compliance with fundamental rights provisions ⓘ review of the constitutionality of proposed legislation ⓘ
meetsAt	committee rooms of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
nativeName	grundlagsutskottet ⓘ Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: perustuslakivaliokunta
nativeNameLanguage	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
parentOrganization	Parliament of Finland ⓘ
playsRoleIn	Finnish system of constitutional review ⓘ
politicalSystemContext	parliamentary system of Finland ⓘ
selectionMethod	members elected by Parliament from among its members ⓘ
subjectArea	constitutional law ⓘ fundamental rights ⓘ human rights ⓘ parliamentary law ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	legislative committee ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Constitution of Finland → subjectToReviewBy → Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ

Constitutional Law Committee of Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perustuslakivaliokunta

Constitutional Law Committee of Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ

Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland → nativeName → Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: perustuslakivaliokunta

Finnish law → constitutionalReviewBody → Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ