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 | Generation | Nominated by | Other positions | [1] | |||
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1 | Dr. Janez Šinkovec
(1928-2016) |
25 June 1991 | 8 January 1998 | 6 years, 197 days | 1st | President Milan Kučan | |||
2 | Dr. Lovro Šturm
(1938-) |
25 June 1991 | 19 December 1998 | 7 years, 177 days | 1st | President of the Court (1997-1998) | |||
3 | Dr. Peter Jambrek
(1940-) |
25 June 1991 | 19 December 1998 | 7 years, 177 days | 1st | President of the Court (1991-1994) | |||
4 | Dr. Anton Perenič
(1941-) |
25 June 1991 | 30 September 1992 | 1 year, 97 days | 1st | ||||
5 | Dr. Anton (Tone) Jerovšek
(1941-) |
25 June 1991 | 19 December 1998 | 7 years, 177 days | 1st | President of the Court (1994-1997) | |||
6 | Matevž Krivic
(1942-) |
25 June 1991 | 19 December 1998 | 7 years, 177 days | 1st | ||||
7 | Janez Snoj
(1934-2005) |
12 February 1992 | 31 March 1998 | 6 years, 47 days | 1st | ||||
8 | Dr. Lojze Ude
(1936-) |
25 May 1993 | 24 May 2002 | 8 years, 364 days | 1st | ||||
9 | Dr. Boštjan M. Zupančič
(1947-) |
25 May 1993 | 31 October 1998 | 7 years, 128 days | 1st | Judge of the ECHR | |||
10 | Franc Testen
(1948-) |
25 May 1993 | 24 May 2002 | 8 years, 364 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (4) Perenič |
President of the Court (1998-2001) | |||
11 | Dr. Miroslava Geč-Korošec
(1939-2002) |
9 January 1998 | 1 October 2000 | 7 years, 177 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (1) Šinkovec |
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12 | Dr. Dragica Wedam Lukić
(1949-) |
1 April 1998 | 31 March 2007 | 8 years, 364 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (7) Snoj |
President of the Court (2001-2004) | |||
13 | Dr. Janez Čebulj
(1957-) |
31 October 1998 | 27 March 2008 | 9 years, 148 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (3) Jambrek |
President of the Court (2004-2007) | |||
14 | Lojze Janko
(1943-) |
31 October 1998 | 31 October 2007 | 9 years, 0 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (6) Krivic |
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15 | Dr. Mirjam Škrk
(1947-) |
31 October 1998 | 27 March 2008 | 8 years, 364 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (2) Šturm |
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16 | Milojka Modrijan
(????-????) |
1 November 1998 | 20 November 2007 | 8 years, 364 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (9) Zupančič |
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17 | Dr. Zvonko Fišer
(1949-) |
18 December 1998 | 27 March 2008 | 9 years, 100 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (5) Jerovšek |
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18 | Dr. Franc Grad
(1948-) |
1 April 2007 | 31 January 2008 | 305 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (12) Wedam Lukić |
President Janez Drnovšek | |||
19 | Dr. Ciril Ribičič
(1947-) |
19 December 2000 | 18 December 2009 | 8 years, 364 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (11) Geč-Korošec |
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20 | Jože Tratnik
(1941-) |
25 May 2002 | 17 July 2011 | 9 years, 53 days | 2nd
Succeeding Judge (8) Ude |
President of the Court (2007-2010) | |||
21 | Marija Krisper Kramberger
(1946-) |
25 May 2002 | 13 September 2010 | 8 years, 111 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (10) Testen |
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22 | Miroslav Mozetič
(1950-) |
31 October 2007 | 30 October 2016 | 8 years, 365 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (14) Janko |
President of the Court (2013-2016) | |||
23 | Marta Klampfer
(1953-2016) |
20 November 2007 | 19 November 2016 | 8 years, 365 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (16) Modrijan |
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24 | Dr. Mitja Deisinger
(1942-) |
27 March 2008 | 26 March 2017 | 8 years, 364 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (17) Fišer |
President Danilo Türk | |||
25 | Jasna Pogačar
(1953-) |
27 March 2008 | 26 March 2017 | 8 years, 364 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (13) Čebulj |
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26 | Jan Zobec
(????-) |
27 March 2008 | 26 March 2017 | 8 years, 364 days | 4th
Succeeding Judge (18) Grad |
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27 | Dr. Ernest Petrič
(1936-) |
25 April 2008 | 24 April 2017 | 8 years, 364 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (15) Škrk |
President of the Court (2010-2013) | |||
28 | Dr. Jadranka Sovdat
(1960-) |
19 December 2009 | 18 December 2018 | 8 years, 364 days | 4th
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. Etelka Korpič-Horvat
(1948-) |
29 September 2010 | 27 September 2019 | 13 years, 348 days | 4th
Succeeding Judge (21) Krisper Kramberger |
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30 | Dr. Dunja Jadek Pensa
(1959-) |
15 July 2011 | Incumbent | 13 years, 58 days | 3rd
Succeeding Judge (20) Tratnik |
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31 | Dr. Špelca Mežnar
(1976-) |
31 October 2016 | Incumbent | 7 years, 316 days | 4th
Succeeding Judge (22) Mozetič |
President Borut Pahor | |||
32 | Marko Šorli
(1946-) |
20 November 2016 | Incumbent | 7 years, 296 days | 4th
Succeeding Judge (23) Klampfer |
Supreme Judge
President of the Judicial Council | |||
33 | Dr. Marijan Pavčnik
(1946-) |
27 March 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 168 days | 4th
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 | 7 years, 168 days | 4th
Succeeding Judge (25) Pogačar |
Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana | |||
35 | DDr. Klemen Jaklič
(1975-) |
27 March 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 168 days | 5th
Succeeding Judge (26) Zobec |
Professor of Law at the Harvard University | |||
36 | Dr. Rajko Knez
(1969-) |
27 March 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 168 days | 4th
Succeeding Judge (27) Petrič |
Professor of Law at the University of Maribor
President of the Court (2018-) | |||
37 | Dr. Katja Šugman Stubbs
(1966-) |
19 December 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 267 days | 5th
Succeeding Judge (28) Sovdat |
Professor of Law at the University of Ljubljana | |||
38 | Dr. Rok Čeferin
(1964-) |
27 September 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 350 days | 5th
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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# | Judge | Term | ||
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1 | Dr. Peter Jambrek | 25 June 1991 | 24 April 1994 | |
2 | Dr. Tone Jerovšek | 25 April 1994 | 24 April 1997 | |
3 | Dr. Lovro Šturm | 25 April 1997 | 30 October 1998 | |
4 | Franc Testen | 11 November 1998 | 10 November 2001 | |
5 | Dr. Dragica Wedam Lukić | 11 November 2001 | 10 November 2004 | |
6 | Dr. Janez Čebulj | 11 November 2004 | 10 November 2007 | |
7 | Jože Tratnik | 11 November 2007 | 10 November 2010 | |
8 | Dr. Ernest Petrič | 11 November 2010 | 10 November 2013 | |
9 | Miroslav Mozetič | 11 November 2013 | 30 October 2016 | |
10 | Dr. Jadranka Sovdat | 31 October 2016 | 18 December 2018 | |
11 | Dr. Rajko Knez | 18 December 2018 | Incumbent |
Secretaries-General of the Court
# | Judge | Term | ||
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1 | Milan Baškovič | 25 June 1991 | 28 February 1993 | |
2 | Dr. Janez Čebulj | 1 May 1993 | 30 October 1998 | |
3 | Jadranka Sovdat | 29 January 1999 | 18 December 2009 | |
4 | Dr. Erik Kerševan | 1 February 2010 | 31 July 2012 | |
5 | Dr. Sebastian Nerad | 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