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Encyclopedia > Constitutional Court

A Constitutional Court is a high court found in many countries which deals primary with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether or not challenged laws are in fact unconstitutional, and conflicting with constitutionally established rights and freedoms.


Countries with constitutional courts include:

Many countries do not have constitutional courts, and instead delegate constitutional judicial authority to the Supreme Court.


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Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus - official page (1243 words)
Procedure of the activities of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus is specified by the Rules of Procedure of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus adopted of 18 September 1997.
Six judges of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of Belarus and six judges shall be elected by the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly.
The Chairperson of the Constitutional Court shall be appointed from among the judges by the President with the consent of the Council of the Republic of the Natinal Assembly.
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