Rules on the conformity of Acts of Parliament with the constitution when a question is referred to it by another court hearing a case. It does not entertain direct individual complaints, so constitutional review reaches it only through the ordinary and administrative courts.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- National — conformity of statutes with the constitution
- Seat
- Luxembourg City
- Established
- 1997
- Composition
- Nine members drawn from the presidents and senior judges of the Court of Cassation and the administrative courts.
- Appointment
- Members are the senior judges designated by law, appointed by the Grand Duke.
- Languages
- French
Where an appeal goes next
None; its rulings on constitutionality bind the referring court.
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