Federal Constitutional Law of Austria

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constitutional document federal constitutional law

The Federal Constitutional Law of Austria is the country's core constitutional document that defines the structure, powers, and functioning of its federal state and key institutions.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Austrian Federal Constitutional Law	4
Austrian Federal Constitution in the material sense	1
Austrian University Act	1
Austrian federal constitution	1
Federal Constitution of Austria	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document ⓘ federal constitutional law ⓘ
adoptedBy	Provisional National Assembly (Austria) ⓘ surface form: Constituent National Assembly of Austria
amended	1929 constitutional reform ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1920-11-10 ⓘ
citedAs	BGBl. Nr. 1/1930 as amended ⓘ
contains	democratic principle ⓘ federal constitutional principles ⓘ federal principle ⓘ liberal principle ⓘ republican principle ⓘ rule of law principle ⓘ separation of powers principle ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ
dateAdopted	1920-10-01 ⓘ
defines	basic principles of the Austrian constitution ⓘ competences of Länder organs ⓘ competences of federal organs ⓘ distribution of powers between federation and Länder ⓘ federal state structure of Austria ⓘ status of the Administrative Court ⓘ status of the Constitutional Court ⓘ status of the Federal Council ⓘ status of the Federal Government ⓘ status of the Federal President ⓘ status of the National Council ⓘ status of the ordinary courts ⓘ
inForce	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	Second Republic of Austria ⓘ surface form: Republic of Austria
language	German ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of Austria ⓘ
legalSystem	Austrian legal system ⓘ
partOf	Federal Constitutional Law of Austria self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Austrian Federal Constitution in the material sense
principalAuthor	Hans Kelsen ⓘ Karl Renner ⓘ
regulates	administrative jurisdiction in constitutional terms ⓘ constitutional review of laws ⓘ election of the Federal President ⓘ federal financial constitution in basic terms ⓘ formation of the Federal Government ⓘ legislative process at federal level ⓘ procedures for constitutional amendment ⓘ relationship between National Council and Federal Council ⓘ status of the Länder within the federation ⓘ
restored	Second Republic of Austria ⓘ
shortName	B-VG ⓘ Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz ⓘ
subjectMatter	constitutional institutions ⓘ federalism in Austria ⓘ state organization law ⓘ
suspendedDuring	Austrofascism ⓘ surface form: Austrofascist regime Anschluss of Austria ⓘ surface form: National Socialist rule in Austria

Referenced by (14)

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

Federal Chancellor of Austria → constitutingInstrument → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

Austrian Parliament → constitutionalBasis → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

Austrian federal government → constitutionalBasis → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

Landtage of the Austrian federal states → constitutionalBasis → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian Federal Constitutional Law

National Council → constitutionalBasis → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

subject surface form: National Council (Austria)

Federal Council → establishedBy → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Council (Austria)

Linz provincial government → follows → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian federal constitution

Vienna University of Economics and Business → governedBy → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian University Act

Austrian Army → legalBasis → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian Federal Constitutional Law

Austrian President → legalBasis → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

BR → legalBasis → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian Federal Constitutional Law

coat of arms of the Republic of Austria → legalBasis → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian Federal Constitutional Law

Austrian President → oathTo → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Constitution of Austria

Federal Constitutional Law of Austria → partOf → Federal Constitutional Law of Austria self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian Federal Constitution in the material sense