VfGH

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constitutional court court judicial body

VfGH is the abbreviation for Austria’s Constitutional Court, the highest judicial body responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and safeguarding the Austrian constitution.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
VfGH canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
abbreviation	VfGH NERFINISHED ⓘ
aim	ensuring supremacy of the constitution over ordinary law ⓘ safeguarding the Austrian constitution ⓘ
appointmentBy	Federal President of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentProposalBy	Federal Council of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Government of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ National Council of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judiciary of Austria ⓘ
building	Verfassungsgerichtshof building in Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition	other members (judges) ⓘ president ⓘ vice-president ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Austrian Federal Constitutional Law (B-VG) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ
establishedBy	Federal Constitutional Law of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	adjudication of electoral disputes ⓘ judicial review of the constitutionality of laws ⓘ protection of constitutional rights ⓘ review of decisions of administrative courts on constitutional grounds ⓘ review of the constitutionality of ordinances ⓘ review of the legality of international treaties under constitutional law ⓘ
handles	abstract review of norms ⓘ concrete review of norms ⓘ disputes between federal and state authorities on competences ⓘ individual constitutional complaints under certain conditions ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	German ⓘ
legalArea	constitutional law ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
legalTradition	Austrian constitutional tradition ⓘ
locatedIn	Vienna ⓘ
officialName	Verfassungsgerichtshof NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialNameInEnglish	Constitutional Court of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
power	annulment of unconstitutional regulations ⓘ annulment of unconstitutional statutes ⓘ interpretation of constitutional provisions ⓘ review of federal laws ⓘ review of state (Länder) laws ⓘ
regionServed	federal level of Austria ⓘ
role	guardian of the Austrian Federal Constitution ⓘ highest court for constitutional matters in Austria ⓘ
seat	Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
superiorTo	administrative courts of Austria in constitutional matters ⓘ ordinary courts of Austria in constitutional matters ⓘ
typeOfCourt	specialized constitutional court ⓘ

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

Constitutional Court of Austria (regarding constitutional review) → shortName → VfGH ⓘ

subject surface form: Constitutional Court of Austria