Conducts preventive, abstract and concrete review of constitutionality, decides electoral disputes and supervises the finances of political parties.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- National — abstract and concrete constitutional review
- Seat
- Lisbon
- Established
- 1983
- Composition
- Thirteen judges serving single nine-year terms.
- Appointment
- Ten elected by the Assembly of the Republic, who then co-opt three more.
- Languages
- Portuguese
Where an appeal goes next
None; decisions are final.
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