Constitutional Court of Slovenia
The Constitutional Court of Slovenia (in Slovene: Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije, US RS) is a special court established by the Slovenian Constitution. Since its inception, the Court has been located in the city of Ljubljana.
Jurisdiction[]
Most powers of the Constitutional Court are explicitly determined by the Constitution. In accordance with the Constitution, the Constitutional Court decides in particular on the conformity of laws (and other statutory instruments) with the Constitution (and with laws, respectively), on constitutional complaints of violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms by individual acts, on jurisdictional disputes between various state actors, on the unconstitutionality of the acts and activities of political parties, on appeals against a decision of the National Assembly regarding the confirmation of the election of deputies, on the accountability of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, and ministers, as well as on the conformity of a treaty with the Constitution in the process of ratifying the treaty.
Under the Constitution, other matters may also be vested in the Constitutional Court by law. In accordance with this provision the Constitutional Court decides, inter alia, on appeals against a National Assembly decision on the election of Slovenian members to the European Parliament, on the admissibility of a National Assembly decision not to call a referendum on the confirmation of constitutional amendments, or on a request of the National Assembly to review the constitutionality of possible consequences of the suspension of the implementation of a law or due to a law not being adopted in a referendum.
Procedures[]
The Constitutional Court has several strictly defined procedures in which cases may be brought before it.
Landmark decisions[]
- Tito street decision, U-I-109/10 of 3 October 2011.
Judges of the Court[]
# | Judge | Term | Succession | Nominated by | Other positions | [1] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dr.
(1928-2016) |
25 June 1991 | 8 January 1998 | 6 years, 197 days | President Milan Kučan | ||||
2 | Dr. Lovro Šturm
(1938-) |
25 June 1991 | 19 December 1998 | 7 years, 177 days | President of the Court (1997-1998) | ||||
3 | Dr. Peter Jambrek
(1940-) |
25 June 1991 | 19 December 1998 | 7 years, 177 days | President of the Court (1991-1994) | ||||
4 | Dr.
(1941-) |
25 June 1991 | 30 September 1992 | 1 year, 97 days | |||||
5 | Dr.
(1941-) |
25 June 1991 | 19 December 1998 | 7 years, 177 days | President of the Court (1994-1997) | ||||
6 |
(1942-) |
25 June 1991 | 19 December 1998 | 7 years, 177 days | |||||
7 |
(1934-2005) |
12 February 1992 | 31 March 1998 | 6 years, 47 days | |||||
8 | Dr. Lojze Ude
(1936-) |
25 May 1993 | 24 May 2002 | 8 years, 364 days | |||||
9 | Dr. Boštjan M. Zupančič
(1947-) |
25 May 1993 | 31 October 1998 | 7 years, 128 days | Judge of the ECHR | ||||
10 |
(1948-) |
25 May 1993 | 24 May 2002 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (4) Perenič | President of the Court (1998-2001) | |||
11 | Dr.
(1939-2002) |
9 January 1998 | 1 October 2000 | 7 years, 177 days | Succeeding Judge (1) Šinkovec | ||||
12 | Dr.
(1949-) |
1 April 1998 | 31 March 2007 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (7) Snoj | President of the Court (2001-2004) | |||
13 | Dr.
(1957-) |
31 October 1998 | 27 March 2008 | 9 years, 148 days | Succeeding Judge (3) Jambrek | President of the Court (2004-2007) | |||
14 |
(1943-) |
31 October 1998 | 31 October 2007 | 9 years, 0 days | Succeeding Judge (6) Krivic | ||||
15 | Dr.
(1947-) |
31 October 1998 | 27 March 2008 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (2) Šturm | ||||
16 |
(????-????) |
1 November 1998 | 20 November 2007 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (9) Zupančič | ||||
17 | Dr.
(1949-) |
18 December 1998 | 27 March 2008 | 9 years, 100 days | Succeeding Judge (5) Jerovšek | ||||
18 | Dr.
(1948-) |
1 April 2007 | 31 January 2008 | 305 days | Succeeding Judge (12) Wedam Lukić | President Janez Drnovšek | |||
19 | Dr. Ciril Ribičič
(1947-) |
19 December 2000 | 18 December 2009 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (11) Geč-Korošec | ||||
20 |
(1941-) |
25 May 2002 | 17 July 2011 | 9 years, 53 days | Succeeding Judge (8) Ude | President of the Court (2007-2010) | |||
21 |
(1946-) |
25 May 2002 | 13 September 2010 | 8 years, 111 days | Succeeding Judge (10) Testen | ||||
22 |
(1950-) |
31 October 2007 | 30 October 2016 | 8 years, 365 days | Succeeding Judge (14) Janko | President of the Court (2013-2016) | |||
23 |
(1953-2016) |
20 November 2007 | 19 November 2016 | 8 years, 365 days | Succeeding Judge (16) Modrijan | ||||
24 | Dr.
(1942-) |
27 March 2008 | 26 March 2017 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (17) Fišer | President Danilo Türk | |||
25 |
(1953-) |
27 March 2008 | 26 March 2017 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (13) Čebulj | ||||
26 |
(????-) |
27 March 2008 | 26 March 2017 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (18) Grad | ||||
27 | Dr. Ernest Petrič
(1936-) |
25 April 2008 | 24 April 2017 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (15) Škrk | President of the Court (2010-2013) | |||
28 | Dr.
(1960-) |
19 December 2009 | 18 December 2018 | 8 years, 364 days | Succeeding Judge (19) Ribičič | Secretary of the Court (1999-2009)
Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana President of the Court (2016-2018) | |||
29 | Dr.
(1948-) |
29 September 2010 | 27 September 2019 | 10 years, 339 days | Succeeding Judge (21) Krisper Kramberger | ||||
30 | Dr.
(1959-) |
15 July 2011 | Incumbent | 10 years, 50 days | Succeeding Judge (20) Tratnik | ||||
31 | Dr.
(1976-) |
31 October 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 307 days | Succeeding Judge (22) Mozetič | President Borut Pahor | |||
32 |
(1946-) |
20 November 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 287 days | Succeeding Judge (23) Klampfer | Supreme Judge
President of the Judicial Council | |||
33 | Dr.
(1946-) |
27 March 2017 | Incumbent | 4 years, 160 days | Succeeding Judge (24) Deisinger | Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana
Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts | |||
34 | Dr. Matej Accetto
(1974-) |
27 March 2017 | Incumbent | 4 years, 160 days | Succeeding Judge (25) Pogačar | Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana | |||
35 | DDr.
(1975-) |
27 March 2017 | Incumbent | 4 years, 160 days | Succeeding Judge (26) Zobec | Professor of Law at the Harvard University | |||
36 | Dr.
(1969-) |
27 March 2017 | Incumbent | 4 years, 160 days | Succeeding Judge (27) Petrič | Professor of Law at the University of Maribor
President of the Court (2018-) | |||
37 | Dr.
(1966-) |
19 December 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 258 days | Succeeding Judge (28) Sovdat | Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana | |||
38 | Dr.
(1964-) |
27 September 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 341 days | Succeeding Judge (29) Korpič-Horvat | Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana |
Timeline[]
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Presidents of the Court[]
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EU Member State |
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# | Judge | Term | ||
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1 | Dr. Peter Jambrek | 25 June 1991 | 24 April 1994 | |
2 | Dr. | 25 April 1994 | 24 April 1997 | |
3 | Dr. Lovro Šturm | 25 April 1997 | 30 October 1998 | |
4 | 11 November 1998 | 10 November 2001 | ||
5 | Dr. | 11 November 2001 | 10 November 2004 | |
6 | Dr. | 11 November 2004 | 10 November 2007 | |
7 | 11 November 2007 | 10 November 2010 | ||
8 | Dr. Ernest Petrič | 11 November 2010 | 10 November 2013 | |
9 | 11 November 2013 | 30 October 2016 | ||
10 | Dr. | 31 October 2016 | 18 December 2018 | |
11 | Dr. | 18 December 2018 | Incumbent |
Secretaries-General of the Court[]
# | Judge | Term | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 June 1991 | 28 February 1993 | ||
2 | Dr. | 1 May 1993 | 30 October 1998 | |
3 | 29 January 1999 | 18 December 2009 | ||
4 | Dr. | 1 February 2010 | 31 July 2012 | |
5 | Dr. | 3 October 2012 | Incumbent |
See also[]
- Constitution
- Constitutionalism
- Constitutional economics
- Jurisprudence
- Judiciary
- Rule of law
- Rule According to Higher Law
References[]
- ^ "Vsi sodniki » us-rs.si". www.us-rs.si. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
External links[]
- Judiciary of Slovenia
- Constitutional courts
- Slovenian law
- Courts in Slovenia
- European law stubs