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Austrian legislation operates on the basis of constitutional principles laid down in the Federal Constitutional Act (Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz), additional constitutional legislation, the Federal Financial Constitution Act (Finanzverfassungsesetz) and the provincial constitutional acts for the...
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issues concerning EU gender equality law are regulated predominantly by legislation, and in exceptional situations by the …
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The legal system in Romania is a civil law system. At the top of the legislative hierarchy is the Constitution, followed by organic laws, ordinary laws and government decisions. The court structure is organised at three levels - at first instance, on a first appeal and appeals on grounds of law;...
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The Slovak Republic is one of the two (the other is Czech Republic) successor states established after the political change on 1 January 1993, based on Constitutional Act No. 542/1992 Coll. on the Dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. Slovakia is a unitary state, divided into...
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acknowledge the primacy of EU law over the Constitution. They οften apply EU law and they interpret and apply the Constitution in … light of EU law, in particular in gender equality cases. All courts review the conformity of statutes with the standards of … the Constitution, EU law and ratified treaties and either interpret the statutes in conformity with these standards or …
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opportunities were made possible thanks to the process of the full integration of Bulgaria into the EU. The National Assembly is the … discrimination, gives opinions on drafts for normative acts, and carries out independent research and monitoring. …
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The jurisdictional system of Luxembourg consists of both a judicial and an administrative order. The Constitutional Court can be added to these. Thus the judicial order consists of the Constitutional Court and the instances of the judicial order which are the Superior Court of Justice, the...
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Norway is based on a civil law system, where the Constitution is top of the hierarchy and national laws and regulations define the system in more detail. The interpretation of laws is based on both preparatory works as well as interpretations by the courts. The court system is based on three...
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The Supreme law of the land is the Constitution of 1964 as amended. Malta is an independent republic with a parliamentary system of government. Parliament makes laws subject to respect for Malta's international obligations including membership of the European Union. The European Union Act of...
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European gender equality and anti-discrimination directives were explicitly implemented by the 2006 General Equal Treatment Act and the 2006 Law on Equal Treatment of Soldiers, both federal statutes. Since then, no further explicit implementation by German legislation has taken place. But nearly...
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