Constitutional Court of Belgium

The Constitutional Court (Dutch Grondwettelijk yard / i, French Cour Constitutionnelle ) is the Belgian Constitutional Court. He's in the Belgian law responsible for examining the law strong legal norms with the Constitution and the rules governing the distribution of powers between the Federal State, the Communities and Regions. The judgments of the Constitutional Court are enforceable and no appeal.

The farm was designed as a specialized and independent of the legislative, executive and judicial power judicial body.

The Court shall be composed of twelve judges, assisted by legal secretaries and two Chancellor. The administrative staff includes about fifty employees.

Compared to the constitutional courts of other states, the Belgian Constitutional Court some unusual features: The twelve judges not only represented in a balanced way both the Belgian parts of the country Flanders and Wallonia, six of them are not really qualified lawyers, but experienced politicians who leave active politics finally have to perceive the role of a top " referee ".

The court was on 1 October 1984 in the Senate under the name of Arbitration (Dutch of Arbitration, French Cour d'arbitrage ) and was wearing since May 2007, the current name. Seat of the Court in Brussels.