Supreme Courts Of Austria (other)
Supreme Courts of Austria may refer to: * Constitutional Court (Austria), tribunal responsible for the judicial review of legal matters relating to the Constitution * Supreme Court of Justice (Austria), court of last resort for criminal and civil lawsuits other than administrative * Supreme Administrative Court (Austria), court of last resort for administrative lawsuits See also * Judiciary of Austria * Supreme court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

Constitutional Court (Austria)
The Constitutional Court (german: Verfassungsgerichtshof or ) in Austria is the tribunal responsible for judicial review. It verifies the constitutionality of statutes, the legality of ordinances and other secondary legislation, and the constitutionality of decisions of certain other courts. The Court also decides over demarcation conflicts between courts, between courts and the public administration, and between federal and state bodies. It hears election complaints, holds elected officials and political appointees accountable for their conduct in office, and adjudicates on liability claims against Austria and its bureaucracy. The Court consists of fourteen members and six substitute members, appointed by the president on nomination of the Cabinet, the National Council, and the Federal Council. Although theoretically supposed to, the Court rarely meets in plenum and rarely hears oral arguments; most cases today are decided behind closed doors by panels of either nine or five ...
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Supreme Court Of Justice (Austria)
The Supreme Court of Justice (german: Oberster Gerichtshof or ) is the supreme court, final appellate court of Austria for Civil law (common law), civil and criminal law, criminal cases. Along with the Supreme Administrative Court of Austria, Supreme Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court (Austria), Constitutional Court, it is one of Austria's three courts of last resort. The Court does not have a fixed number of members. As of the early 21st century, there are typically between fifty and sixty justices on the Court. The responsibility for appointing Supreme Court justices is vested in the president of Austria, but the president can and usually does delegate this task to the Ministry of Justice (Austria), minister of justice. The minister picks from a shortlist of three nominees provided by the Court itself. The Supreme Court of Justice convenes in the Palace of Justice, Vienna, Palace of Justice in Vienna. Background The Austrian judiciary is organized into gener ...
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Supreme Administrative Court (Austria)
In the Republic of Austria, the Supreme Administrative Court (german: Verwaltungsgerichtshof or ) is the appellate court to which appeals may be made from the decisions of the country's eleven administrative trial courts. The Supreme Administrative Court also resolves demarcation disputes within the administrative court system and hears complaints about administrative trial courts that fail to issue verdicts legally required of them in a timely manner. The court does not have a fixed number of members. The theoretical minimum is seven; the actual number, as of June 2018, is about seventy. Members are appointed by the President of Austria on nomination of the cabinet. With respect to most appointments, the cabinet is limited to choosing from a shortlist of three candidates provided by the court. The court is subdivided into 21 panels of three to five members each, each panel handling cases in a specific area of law. The current president of the Supreme Administrative Court, appoin ...
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Judiciary Of Austria
The judiciary of Austria (german: österreischische Judikative) is the system of courts, prosecution and correction of the Republic of Austria as well as the branch of government responsible for upholding the rule of law and administering justice. The judiciary is independent of the other two branches of government and is committed to guaranteeing fair trials and equality before the law. It has broad and effective powers of judicial review. Structurally, the Austrian judiciary is divided into general courts () and courts of public law (). The general courts handle civil and criminal trials as well as non-adversary proceedings such as inheritance cases or legal guardianship matters. The courts of public law supervise the other two branches of government: the administrative court system reviews the legality of administrative acts; the Constitutional Court adjudicates on complaints regarding the constitutionality of statutes, the legality of ordinances, and the conduct of elected off ...
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