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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]

Constitutional Court of Austria (Verfassungsgerichtshof)

Austria [at]

Maria Bertel, Esther Happacher

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]
Article last updated:
December 2018

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 11 December 2024

Subject(s):
Constitutional courts/supreme courts

General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
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1 The Austrian Federal Constitutional Law ('AFC') (Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz ('B-VG'): 1 October 1920; reinstated 1945; as amended to 15 May 2018 (Austria)) provided for the establishment of a Constitutional Court with the power to review the constitutionality of laws and regulations (for an overview see Stelzer 197 ff). The concept of a specialized body for constitutional adjudication as set out in the Austrian model is closely linked to Hans Kelsen, who is considered the father of the Austrian Constitution (for the genesis of the Constitutional Court and...
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