The apex court for administrative law, reviewing decisions of the federal and provincial administrative courts to ensure the administration acts lawfully. Together with the Constitutional Court it forms the twin peaks of Austrian public-law adjudication.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Highest administrative court
- Jurisdiction
- National — legality of administrative action
- Seat
- Vienna
- Established
- 1876
- Composition
- Professional judges sitting in senates.
- Appointment
- Appointed by the Federal President on the government’s proposal.
- Languages
- German
Where an appeal goes next
None; constitutional aspects may go to the Verfassungsgerichtshof.
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