Organic Law

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Organic Law is a special category of Spanish legislation that regulates fundamental rights and key institutional structures, requiring an absolute majority in Parliament for its approval or reform.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Organic Law canonical 1
organic constitutional law 1
organic law 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf type of Spanish legislation
adoptedBy Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Cortes Generales
Senate (Spain)
linked to: Senate of Spain
bindingOn citizens in Spain
public authorities in Spain
constitutionalArticle Article 81 of the Spanish Constitution
country Spain
definedIn Spanish Constitution
distinguishedFrom ordinary law (Spain)
enforcedBy Spanish courts
exampleOf hierarchical differentiation of laws in civil law systems
higherRankThan ordinary law (Spain)
language Spanish
legalHierarchy above ordinary laws (Spain)
below the Constitution of Spain
legalSystem Spanish legal system
legalTermIn Spanish constitutional law
regulates fundamental rights
key institutional structures
requires formal legislative procedure
requiresForApproval absolute majority in Parliament
absolute majority of the Congress of Deputies in a final vote on the whole bill
requiresForReform absolute majority in Parliament
requiresMajorityIn Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Senate (Spain)
linked to: Senate of Spain
scope matters of special constitutional relevance
subjectMatter approval of Statutes of Autonomy
development of fundamental rights and public liberties
general electoral regime
other matters expressly reserved by the Constitution
subjectToReviewBy Constitutional Court of Spain
usedFor implementation of constitutional provisions on rights and institutions

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Referenced by (3)

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

Organic Constitutional Law on Municipalities legalHierarchy organic constitutional law
linked to: Organic Law
Organic Law 6/2006 legalForm organic law
linked to: Organic Law