Constitutional Court of Hungary

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constitutional court court judicial body

The Constitutional Court of Hungary is the country’s highest body for constitutional review, responsible for overseeing the conformity of laws and government actions with the Hungarian Constitution.

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Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
abbreviation	AB ⓘ
appliesTo	Fundamental Law of Hungary ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Hungary
appointmentMethod	elected by the National Assembly of Hungary ⓘ
belongsToLegalSystem	Hungarian legal system ⓘ
branch	judicial branch ⓘ
canBeSeizedBy	certain state organs ⓘ courts ⓘ individual constitutional complaints ⓘ
composition	panel of judges ⓘ
country	Hungary ⓘ
decisionEffect	binding on all state organs ⓘ may annul unconstitutional provisions with erga omnes effect ⓘ
established	1989 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Acts of the National Assembly of Hungary ⓘ government decrees and certain other normative acts ⓘ
hasFunction	interpretation of constitutional provisions ⓘ settlement of certain constitutional disputes between state organs ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	15 ⓘ
headquarters	Budapest ⓘ
isHighestCourtFor	constitutional review in Hungary ⓘ
judgeTermLength	12 years ⓘ
jurisdiction	Hungary ⓘ
language	Hungarian ⓘ
legalBasis	Fundamental Law of Hungary ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Hungary (1989) as amended Fundamental Law of Hungary ⓘ
location	Budapest ⓘ
nativeName	Constitutional Court ⓘ surface form: Alkotmánybíróság
power	abstract norm control ⓘ annulment of unconstitutional laws ⓘ concrete norm control ⓘ ex ante constitutional review in certain cases ⓘ ex post constitutional review ⓘ review of acts of Parliament ⓘ review of certain judicial decisions for constitutional compliance ⓘ review of government decrees ⓘ
reviewsFor	conformity of government actions with the Constitution of Hungary ⓘ conformity of laws with the Constitution of Hungary ⓘ
role	constitutional review ⓘ judicial review of legislation ⓘ protection of constitutional order ⓘ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
typeOfBody	independent state organ ⓘ

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Budapest → seatOf → Constitutional Court of Hungary ⓘ