December Constitution of 1867

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The December Constitution of 1867 was a set of fundamental laws that established the liberal, constitutional framework and civil rights regime of the Cisleithanian (Austrian) half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
set of fundamental laws
alsoKnownAs December Constitution of 1867
surface form: Dezemberverfassung
appliesTo Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
country Cisleithanian crown lands
surface form: Cisleithania
creates bicameral Reichsrat
dateEnacted 1867-12
defines competences of imperial and provincial authorities
powers of the Emperor of Austria
powers of the Reichsrat
relationship between Crown and parliament
established civil rights regime in Cisleithania
liberal constitutional framework in Cisleithania
follows February Patent
October Diploma
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
personal liberty
hasPart Basic Law on the Executive Power
Basic Law on the General Rights of Nationals
Imperial Household Law
surface form: Basic Law on the Imperial Court

Basic Law on the Judiciary
Basic Law on the Representation of the Empire
Law on the Settlement of the Relations between the Two Halves of the Empire
influencedBy Austrian Revolution of 1848
surface form: Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire

liberal constitutionalism of the 19th century
inForceUntil 1918
introduced constitutional monarchy in Cisleithania
language German
legalStatus fundamental laws
legalSystem Austrian constitutional law
legislativeBody Imperial Council (Reichsrat)
surface form: Reichsrat
limited absolutist powers of the Emperor
monarchDuringEnactment Franz Joseph I of Austria
partOf Austro-Hungarian Empire legal system
placeOfEnactment Vienna
politicalOrientation liberal
precededBy neo-absolutist rule in the Austrian Empire
regulates relationship between Cisleithania and Transleithania
subjectOf Austrian constitutional history
territorialExtent Cisleithanian crown lands

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Ausgleich of 1867 hasPart December Constitution of 1867
Jewish emancipation keyEvent December Constitution of 1867
this entity surface form: Austrian December Constitution of 1867
Cisleithanian government basedOn December Constitution of 1867
December Constitution of 1867 alsoKnownAs December Constitution of 1867
this entity surface form: Dezemberverfassung
Law XII of 1867 (Hungary) relatedTo December Constitution of 1867
this entity surface form: December Constitution of 1867 (Cisleithania)