Verfassungsgerichtshof

E939187

Verfassungsgerichtshof is Austria’s highest constitutional court, responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and safeguarding the country’s constitutional order.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Verfassungsgerichtshof canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court
court
supreme court
appealTo no regular appeal against its decisions
appointmentBy Federal President of Austria
linked to: Austrian President
bindingForce decisions binding on all other Austrian authorities
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Austria
building Verfassungsgerichtshof building, Vienna
canAnnul unconstitutional parts of laws
unconstitutional regulations
unconstitutional statutes
competence adjudication of electoral disputes
impeachment proceedings against highest office holders
judicial review of laws
protection of constitutional rights
review of constitutionality of international treaties under certain conditions
review of constitutionality of statutes
review of regulations and ordinances
composition President
Vice-President
linked to: Vice President

other members (judges)
country Austria
differenceFrom Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court for civil and criminal matters)
Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Administrative Court)
establishedBy Federal Constitutional Law of Austria
foundationPrinciple Austrian Federal Constitution
jurisdiction Republic of Austria
linked to: Austria
languageOfProceedings German
legalNature specialized constitutional jurisdiction
legalOrder Austrian legal system
legalSystem civil law
locatedIn Vienna
memberTitle Verfassungsrichter
nativeLanguage German
nativeName Verfassungsgerichtshof
nominationBy Federal Council of Austria
Federal Government of Austria
National Council of Austria
officialName Verfassungsgerichtshof
primaryFunction safeguarding the constitutional order of Austria
protects fundamental rights under the Austrian Constitution
reviews federal laws
state (Länder) laws
role guardian of the Austrian Constitution
highest constitutional court in Austria
seat Vienna
separationOfPowersRole constitutional review
shortName VfGH
typeOfReview abstract review of norms
concrete review of norms

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Constitutional Court of Austria officialName Verfassungsgerichtshof
BGBl. Nr. 1/1930 as amended isAppliedBy Verfassungsgerichtshof
VfGH officialName Verfassungsgerichtshof
Verfassungsgerichtshof officialName Verfassungsgerichtshof
Verfassungsgerichtshof nativeName Verfassungsgerichtshof
Austrian Constitutional Court nativeName Verfassungsgerichtshof