Parlament und Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit in der österreichischen Monarchie

Parliament and constitutional review in the Austrian Monarchy. Constitutional review as an institution in a modern democratic system—as today in Austria—has the duty to guarantee the written constitution on the basis of republican principles. But in essence it has roots in the tradition of the constitutional monarchy of the Habsburg Empire. In December 1867, on the initiative of the House of Representatives, an Imperial Court of Justice was set up mainly serving to check constitutional standards. Because of this significant political character it was kept in a remarkable relationship to the executive power and parliament: The Imperial Court of Justice consisted of a president and his deputy as well as 12 permanent and 4 substitute members. They were all appointed for life by the emperor, but the latter only acted on the basis of proposals made by the Imperial Council: during the period of its existence, 82 persons were appointed to posts in the Imperial Court. The personal composition of the Imperial Court did also reflect in a striking way those characteristics which its creators had intended. Its members mainly performed manifold roles in the practice and academic study of the law; but participation in the Imperial Court was also, in principle, compatible with political office. The most prominent connections with the political world were above all as parliamentary representatives

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• Handbuch des osterreichischen Verfassungsrechts

  Reginald Parker, L Adamovich et al.•The American Journal of…•1958

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