Constitutional Court

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constitutional court court judicial body

The Constitutional Court is Portugal’s highest judicial body responsible for overseeing the constitutionality of laws and ensuring that legislation and state actions comply with the Portuguese Constitution.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Court of Portugal	14
Alkotmánybíróság	1
Constitutional Court canonical	1
Constitutional Court of Portugal (for constitutional review of norms)	1
Constitutional Court of Portugal (in constitutional matters)	1
Tribunal Constitucional	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
abbreviation	TC ⓘ
applies	1976 Portuguese Constitution ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Constitution
bindingForce	its decisions are binding on other authorities ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of Portugal ⓘ
canAnnul	unconstitutional legal norms ⓘ
canDeclare	illegality of norms for violation of higher-ranking laws ⓘ unconstitutionality with general binding force ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
decidesOn	electoral disputes in certain cases ⓘ political party legality in certain cases ⓘ referendum constitutionality ⓘ
ensures	supremacy of the Portuguese Constitution ⓘ
establishedBy	1976 Portuguese Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
governmentTypeContext	semi-presidential representative democratic republic of Portugal ⓘ
hasJudgeTermLength	9 years ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	acts of the Assembly of the Republic (within constitutional review) ⓘ acts of the Government of Portugal (within constitutional review) ⓘ acts of the President of the Republic (within constitutional review) ⓘ national legislation of Portugal ⓘ regional legislative acts (within constitutional review) ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	13 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
interprets	constitutional provisions of Portugal ⓘ
isHighestCourtFor	constitutional matters in Portugal ⓘ
judgeReelection	not allowed ⓘ
jurisdiction	Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Republic
legalSystem	Portuguese legal system ⓘ
locatedIn	Lisbon ⓘ Lisbon District ⓘ Lisbon metropolitan area ⓘ Portugal ⓘ
nativeName	Constitutional Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tribunal Constitucional
oversees	constitutionality of laws ⓘ constitutionality of normative acts ⓘ constitutionality of state actions ⓘ
partOf	system of courts of Portugal ⓘ
protects	fundamental rights under the Portuguese Constitution ⓘ
reviews	abstract constitutionality of norms ⓘ concrete constitutionality of norms ⓘ preventive constitutionality of certain acts ⓘ successive constitutionality of laws ⓘ
role	ensure compliance of legislation with the Portuguese Constitution ⓘ ensure compliance of state actions with the Portuguese Constitution ⓘ review constitutionality of laws ⓘ
websiteLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

1976 Portuguese Constitution → providesForConstitutionalReview → Constitutional Court ⓘ

1976 Portuguese Constitution → establishesCourt → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

President of the Constitutional Court (Portugal) → headOf → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

President of the Constitutional Court (Portugal) → appointedBy → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

President of the Constitutional Court (Portugal) → relatedTo → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Portuguese Third Republic → judicialBranch → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Constitution of 1976 → establishesBody → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Constitutional Court of Hungary → nativeName → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alkotmánybíróság

Military Judicial System of Portugal → subjectToControlBy → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal (for constitutional review of norms)

Constitutional Court → nativeName → Constitutional Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Constitutional Court (Portugal)

this entity surface form: Tribunal Constitucional

Portuguese judicial system → hasBranch → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Portuguese judicial system → hasHighestConstitutionalCourt → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Law of the Constitutional Court (Portugal) → appliesTo → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Law of the Constitutional Court (Portugal) → bindingOn → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal → constitutionalReviewBy → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal → separateFrom → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Palace of Ratton, Lisbon → occupant → Constitutional Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Palace of Ratton

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

Portuguese state → judicialBody → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal

President of the Regional Government of Madeira → subjectTo → Constitutional Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal (in constitutional matters)