Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review)

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constitutional court supreme court

The Constitutional Court of Austria is the supreme judicial body responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and acts of public authorities, including those of the federal government.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Court of Austria	1
Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review) canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appointmentBy	Austrian President ⓘ surface form: Federal President of Austria
branchOf	judiciary of Austria ⓘ
canAnnul	unconstitutional decisions of administrative authorities ⓘ unconstitutional federal laws ⓘ unconstitutional ordinances ⓘ unconstitutional state laws ⓘ
coequalWith	Supreme Administrative Court of Austria ⓘ surface form: Administrative Court of Austria Supreme Court of Justice of Austria ⓘ
composition	other members ⓘ president ⓘ vice-president ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	First Austrian Republic ⓘ
function	constitutional review ⓘ interpretation of the Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ judicial review of legislation ⓘ protection of constitutional rights ⓘ review of elections and referendums ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	acts of public authorities in Austria ⓘ administrative regulations in Austria ⓘ federal government acts of Austria ⓘ federal laws of Austria ⓘ provincial government acts of Austria ⓘ state laws of Austria ⓘ
hasPower	abstract review of norms ⓘ concrete review of norms ⓘ individual constitutional complaints in certain cases ⓘ
jurisdiction	Austria ⓘ surface form: Republic of Austria
languageOfCourt	German ⓘ
legalBasis	Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ surface form: Austrian Federal Constitutional Law Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz ⓘ
locatedIn	Innere Stadt ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
nominationsFrom	Austrian Parliament ⓘ surface form: Federal Council of Austria Austrian federal government ⓘ surface form: Federal Government of Austria Austrian Parliament ⓘ surface form: National Council of Austria
officialName	Verfassungsgerichtshof ⓘ
oversees	constitutionality of the exercise of public power in Austria ⓘ
partOf	Austrian judicial system ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	one of the three highest courts of Austria ⓘ supreme body for constitutional review in Austria ⓘ
reviews	treaties for constitutionality in certain procedures ⓘ
reviewsFor	compatibility with constitutionally guaranteed rights ⓘ compatibility with the Austrian Constitution ⓘ
seat	Vienna ⓘ
shortName	VfGH ⓘ
typeOfMembers	judges ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Austrian federal government → subordinateTo → Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review) ⓘ

Supreme Administrative Court of Austria → distinctFrom → Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Austria