Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR

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constitutional review body state oversight body

The Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR was a high-level Soviet body responsible for supervising the conformity of laws and government actions with the Soviet Constitution.

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Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional review body ⓘ state oversight body ⓘ
aim	ensuring supremacy of the Constitution over other legal acts ⓘ limiting arbitrary actions of state organs ⓘ strengthening constitutional legality in the USSR ⓘ
appliesTo	Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: USSR Constitution
composition	legal scholars and state officials ⓘ members elected by the Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolvedWith	dissolution of the USSR in 1991 ⓘ
distinctFrom	Prosecutor’s Office of the USSR ⓘ Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: USSR Council of Ministers
establishedBy	Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR constitutional amendments of the late Soviet period ⓘ
focus	normative acts rather than individual cases ⓘ
function	examine laws and other acts for compliance with the Constitution ⓘ interpretation of constitutional provisions within its competence ⓘ issue conclusions on constitutionality of legal acts ⓘ submit proposals to eliminate violations of the Constitution ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative-oversight sphere ⓘ
jurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
languageOfWork	Russian ⓘ
legalBasis	1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the USSR (1977, as amended)
legalEffectOfConclusions	binding for state bodies within the USSR legal system ⓘ
legalSystem	socialist legal system of the USSR ⓘ
politicalContext	Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms ⓘ
power	declare acts inconsistent with the Constitution in its conclusions ⓘ initiate review of certain acts on its own ⓘ review acts upon requests from state bodies ⓘ
relatedTo	Soviet constitutional law ⓘ Soviet legal reforms ⓘ
reportsTo	Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR
role	constitutional review of normative acts ⓘ oversight of acts of state bodies for constitutionality ⓘ supervision of conformity of laws with the Constitution ⓘ
statusAfter1991	ceased to exist as a state body ⓘ
successorConcept	constitutional courts in post-Soviet states ⓘ
supervises	acts of other union-level state bodies for constitutionality ⓘ acts of the USSR Council of Ministers for constitutionality ⓘ conformity of republican laws with the USSR Constitution (within its powers) ⓘ conformity of union laws with the Constitution ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1980s ⓘ perestroika era ⓘ
typeOfReview	abstract constitutional review ⓘ

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Subject: Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR
Description of subject: The Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR was a high-level Soviet body responsible for supervising the conformity of laws and government actions with the Soviet Constitution.

Referenced by (1)

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Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union → couldForm → Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR ⓘ