Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament of Finland

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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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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 ⓘ

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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 ⓘ