The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Уставни суд Републике Србије; Ustavni sud Republike Srbije) is the court authorized to perform judicial review in Serbia. It rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by the Serbian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution. It is not considered as part of the judicial branch, but a court sui generis. The Constitutional Court is authorized by the Constitution itself and the Law on the Constitutional Court.[2]
Constitutional Court of Serbia Уставни суд Републике Србије
The Constitutional Court of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia) was established on 9 April 1963 as an independent body of the Republic and designated to protect constitutionality and legality in accordance with the Constitution and within the framework of the rights and duties proscribed by the 1963 Constitution of SR Serbia. The Constitutional Law of Serbia, enacted on 25 December 1963, defined jurisdiction and adjudications before the Constitutional Court and legal effects of its decisions in a more specific manner.
The Constitutional Court of Serbia commenced its work on 15 February 1964. The Constitutional Court has upon proclamation of the 1990 Constitution of Serbia acted within the framework of absence of division of powers, where the Parliament was the highest body of state power. The Constitutional Court has through its presence and work contributed to the importance and contribution in preservation of the constitutional principles and legality.[4]
Compositionedit
The Constitutional Court consists of 15 judges. Five of them are elected by the President of Serbia, five by the National Assembly, and five are elected at the General Session of the Supreme Court of Cassation. Judges are elected to the 9-year term. The candidates have to be accomplished lawyers of at least 40 years of age and with at least 15 years of experience in jurisprudence. One person can be elected to the Court a maximum of two times. After the election, the judges take oath before the President of the National Assembly.
The term of the Constitutional Court judge ends after 9 years since the election, or by resignation, by retirement or by impeachment. A Constitutional Court judge may not perform any other public office or any other job at all, except for being a professor at the Law School of one of the universities in Serbia. A Constitutional Court judge enjoys immunity from prosecution.[3]
Composition as of 2022[update] (year of election given in the parenthesis):[5]
Snežana Marković (2016), President since 2020
Gordana Ajnšpiler Popović (2019)
Lidija Đukić (2019)
Tatjana Đurkić (nee Babić) (2016)
Dragana Kolarić (2016)
Tamaš Korhec (2016)
Vesna Ilić Prelić (2007)
Miroslav Nikolić (2016)
Vladan Petrov (2019)
Nataša Plavšić (2019)
Jovan Ćirić (2016)
Milan Škulić (2016), Deputy President since 2020
Tijana Šurlan (2016)
Two seats are currently vacant, as of January 2022[update].
The Library of the Constitutional Court was formed after the Court had been established. According to the profile of its collections, the Library of the Constitutional Court is a specialized law library. The library is in charge of collecting, storing, cataloguing, and circulating literature from different branches of law, with special regard to constitutional legislation. The Library is in possession of a large collection of monographs, serial publications, and collections of papers. In addition, it has an electronic database of legal acts.
The Constitutional Court Library owns a valuable collection of legal acts issued in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Library cooperates with the head office of Belgrade City Library, National Library of Serbia and other libraries of similar profile.[8]
This article incorporates text from the Constitutional Court of Serbia official site ([1]), which is in the public domain, because it is a law, decree, regulation or official material of a Republic of Serbia state body or a body performing public functions, under the terms of of Serbian copyright law. See Copyright.
^"ЗАКОН О БУЏЕТУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ ЗА 2020. ГОДИНУ" (PDF). parlament.gov.rs. Народна скупштина Републике Србије. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
^Constitutional Court of Serbia official site: Law on the Constitutional Court
^ abConstitutional Court of Serbia official site: Election, appointment and termination of office(in Serbian)
^Constitutional Court of Serbia official site: The history of the court from its foundation
^Constitutional Court of Serbia official site: Composition
^"Raniji predsednici Ustavnog suda". ustavni.sud.rs. Constitutional Court of Serbia. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
^"Serbian ministries, etc". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
^Constitutional Court of Serbia official site: The Library of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia
External linksedit
Constitutional Court of Serbia Official page (in English)
January 01, 1970
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The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia Serbian Ustavni sud Republike Srbiјe Ustavni sud Republike Srbije is the court authorized to perform judicial review in Serbia It rules on whether the laws decrees or other bills enacted by the Serbian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution It is not considered as part of the judicial branch but a court sui generis The Constitutional Court is authorized by the Constitution itself and the Law on the Constitutional Court 2 Constitutional Court of SerbiaUstavni sud Republike SrbiјeBuilding of the Constitutional CourtEstablished9 April 1963 61 years ago 1963 04 09 LocationBelgrade Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 15Composition methodParliament selection 5 members Supreme Court of Cassation selection 5 members Presidential selection 5 members Authorized byConstitutionJudge term length9 yearsNumber of positions15Annual budget 3 72 million 2020 planned 1 Websitewww wbr ustavni wbr sud wbr rsPresidentCurrentlySnezana MarkovicSince26 January 2020 4 years ago 2020 01 26 The seat of the Constitutional Court is in Belgrade It consists of 15 judges one of them being President of the Court 3 Contents 1 History 2 Composition 2 1 Presidents of the Constitutional Court 3 Library of the Constitutional Court 4 Notes 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe Constitutional Court of the Socialist Republic of Serbia then part of SFR Yugoslavia was established on 9 April 1963 as an independent body of the Republic and designated to protect constitutionality and legality in accordance with the Constitution and within the framework of the rights and duties proscribed by the 1963 Constitution of SR Serbia The Constitutional Law of Serbia enacted on 25 December 1963 defined jurisdiction and adjudications before the Constitutional Court and legal effects of its decisions in a more specific manner The Constitutional Court of Serbia commenced its work on 15 February 1964 The Constitutional Court has upon proclamation of the 1990 Constitution of Serbia acted within the framework of absence of division of powers where the Parliament was the highest body of state power The Constitutional Court has through its presence and work contributed to the importance and contribution in preservation of the constitutional principles and legality 4 Composition editThe Constitutional Court consists of 15 judges Five of them are elected by the President of Serbia five by the National Assembly and five are elected at the General Session of the Supreme Court of Cassation Judges are elected to the 9 year term The candidates have to be accomplished lawyers of at least 40 years of age and with at least 15 years of experience in jurisprudence One person can be elected to the Court a maximum of two times After the election the judges take oath before the President of the National Assembly The term of the Constitutional Court judge ends after 9 years since the election or by resignation by retirement or by impeachment A Constitutional Court judge may not perform any other public office or any other job at all except for being a professor at the Law School of one of the universities in Serbia A Constitutional Court judge enjoys immunity from prosecution 3 Composition as of 2022 update year of election given in the parenthesis 5 Snezana Markovic 2016 President since 2020 Gordana Ajnspiler Popovic 2019 Lidija Đukic 2019 Tatjana Đurkic nee Babic 2016 Dragana Kolaric 2016 Tamas Korhec 2016 Vesna Ilic Prelic 2007 Miroslav Nikolic 2016 Vladan Petrov 2019 Natasa Plavsic 2019 Jovan Ciric 2016 Milan Skulic 2016 Deputy President since 2020 Tijana Surlan 2016 Two seats are currently vacant as of January 2022 update Presidents of the Constitutional Court edit Sources 6 7 Status Denotes service as acting President of the Court No Portrait Name Birth Death Took office Left office 1 nbsp Petar Relic 26 June 1963 31 July 1971 2 nbsp Jovan Đorđevic 15 July 1971 31 December 1979 3 nbsp Najdan Pasic 1 January 1980 14 October 1984 4 nbsp Radoslav Ratkovic 18 September 1984 7 November 1986 5 nbsp Đurđe Senicic 5 May 1987 3 June 1989 6 nbsp Miodrag Bogdanovic 3 June 1988 26 June 1990 7 nbsp Balsa Spadijer born 1936 7 August 1990 30 June 1996 8 nbsp Ratko Butulija born 1941 a 30 June 1996 17 December 2001 nbsp Verona Adam Bokros born 1948 17 December 2001 20 June 2002 9 nbsp Slobodan Vucetic born 1941 20 June 2002 10 October 2006 nbsp Verona Adam Bokros born 1948 10 October 2006 10 April 2007 nbsp Milutin Đuricic born 1948 10 April 2007 10 October 2007 nbsp Dragica Marjanovic born 1943 10 October 2007 26 December 2007 10 nbsp Bosa Nenadic born 1953 26 December 2007 23 December 2010 nbsp Agnes Kartag Odri born 1951 23 December 2010 3 February 2011 11 nbsp Dragisa Slijepcevic born 1955 3 February 2011 3 February 2014 12 nbsp Vesna Ilic Prelic born 1960 3 February 2014 12 December 2016 nbsp Goran Ilic born 1965 12 December 2016 26 January 2017 12 nbsp Vesna Ilic Prelic born 1960 26 January 2017 26 January 2020 13 nbsp Snezana Markovic born 1959 26 January 2020 IncumbentLibrary of the Constitutional Court editThe Library of the Constitutional Court was formed after the Court had been established According to the profile of its collections the Library of the Constitutional Court is a specialized law library The library is in charge of collecting storing cataloguing and circulating literature from different branches of law with special regard to constitutional legislation The Library is in possession of a large collection of monographs serial publications and collections of papers In addition it has an electronic database of legal acts The Constitutional Court Library owns a valuable collection of legal acts issued in the late 19th and early 20th centuries The Library cooperates with the head office of Belgrade City Library National Library of Serbia and other libraries of similar profile 8 Notes edit Acting to 25 December 1996 See also editSupreme Court ConstitutionalismReferences editThis article incorporates text from the Constitutional Court of Serbia official site 1 which is in the public domain because it is a law decree regulation or official material of a Republic of Serbia state body or a body performing public functions under the terms of Article 6 Paragraph 2 of Serbian copyright law See Copyright ZAKON O BUЏETU REPUBLIKE SRBIЈE ZA 2020 GODINU PDF parlament gov rs Narodna skupshtina Republike Srbiјe Retrieved 20 February 2020 Constitutional Court of Serbia official site Law on the Constitutional Court a b Constitutional Court of Serbia official site Election appointment and termination of office in Serbian Constitutional Court of Serbia official site The history of the court from its foundation Constitutional Court of Serbia official site Composition Raniji predsednici Ustavnog suda ustavni sud rs Constitutional Court of Serbia Retrieved 21 November 2018 Serbian ministries etc rulers org B Schemmel Retrieved 21 November 2018 Constitutional Court of Serbia official site The Library of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of SerbiaExternal links editConstitutional Court of Serbia Official page in English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Constitutional Court of Serbia amp oldid 1091292785, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
