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| Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske | |
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| Established | 15 February 1964 (in SR Croatia)[1] 25 July 1990 (in Croatia)[1] |
| Jurisdiction |  Croatia |
| Location | St. Mark's Square, Zagreb |
| Composition method | Elected by the Croatian Parliament with qualified majority |
| Authorised by | Constitution of the Republic of Croatia |
| Judge term length | Eight years (renewable once) |
| Number of positions | 13 |
| Website | usud.hr |
| President of the Constitutional Court | |
| Currently | Miroslav Šeparović since 13 June 2016 |
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The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske) is an institution that acts as the interpreter and guardian of the Croatian Constitution and which monitors the conformity of laws with the Constitution as well as protection of human rights and freedoms of citizens that are guaranteed by the Constitution. It is considered to be de facto the highest judicial authority because it can overturn Supreme Court decisions on the basis of constitutional breaches. It is not considered as being part of the judicial branch of government, but rather a court sui generis, and it is therefore often colloquially referred to as a "fourth branch of government", alongside the traditional model of tripartite separation of powers into the executive (Government/President of the Republic), legislative (Parliament) and judicial (Supreme Court) branches.[2][3]
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Čepulo Dalibor, Croatian legal history in the European context from the Middle Ages to modern times, Zagreb, 2012.
- ^ Margetić Lujo- Sirotković H., History of State and Law of peoples Yugoslavia, Rijeka-Zagreb, 1990;