The Constitutional Court of Belgium reviews laws, decrees and ordinances against the Constitution, a task first given in 1980 to a Court of Arbitration set up to police the division of powers in the new federal state. It became the Constitutional Court by an amendment of 7 May 2007, and the Constitution now provides for it in Article 142. Twelve judges sit on it, appointed for life by the King from lists of two candidates proposed alternately by the House of Representatives and the Senate, six Dutch-speaking and six French-speaking, each language group made up of three judges drawn from the legal professions and three from politics. Judges may serve until seventy, and the two language presidents lead the Court in turn for a year each.
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Founding Year Jurisdiction ScopeReview of laws, decrees and ordinances for compliance with the division of competences and with the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution 2 Jurisdiction Scope
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Source Accommodation of the Constitutional Court of Belgium, const-court.beAccommodation page, opening sentenceQuote, Accommodation page, opening sentence
The building that accommodates the Constitutional Court is situated in the centre of Brussels, at 7 Place Royale
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Source Belgium 2014 Constitution, Constitute ProjectArticle 142Quote, Article 142
There is for all Belgium a Constitutional Court, the composition, competences and functioning of which are established by the law.
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1. Belgium 2014 Constitution, Constitute Project
Article 142Quote, Article 142
There is for all Belgium a Constitutional Court, the composition, competences and functioning of which are established by the law.
2. History of the Constitutional Court of Belgium, const-court.be
History, establishment of the Court of Arbitration
The division of the legislative power between different legislative assemblies brought with it the risk of conflicts of competence, and the need to find a solution to this problem led the Constitutional legislator in 1980 to decide
History, renaming in 2007
When the Constitution was amended on 7 May 2007, the name of the Court of Arbitration was changed into ”Constitutional Court”.
History, establishment of the Court of Arbitration (For this purpose, the)
For this purpose, the Court could review laws, decrees and ordinances for compliance with the division of competences that have been established by or in pursuance of the Constitution.
View the Source3. Accommodation of the Constitutional Court of Belgium, const-court.be
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The building that accommodates the Constitutional Court is situated in the centre of Brussels, at 7 Place Royale
Structure of the Constitutional Court of Belgium, const-court.be
The judges
The Court is composed of twelve judges, appointed for life by the King from a list of two candidates proposed alternately by the House of Representatives and the Senate by a majority of at least two-thirds of the members present.
The judges, language groups
Six judges belong to the Dutch language group, six to the French language group. One of the judges must have an adequate knowledge of German.
The judges, age and presidency
Candidates must be at least forty years old.
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currently a judge on the Constitutional Court of Belgium
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civil law system based on the French Civil Code;
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