!!!Bundesverfassung

Federal Constitution of Austria, contains all Austrian constitutional 
laws, i.e., the Federal Constitutional Law of 1920 as amended in 1929; 
in Austrian legal texts generally referred to as "Bundesverfassung" or 
"Bundesverfassungsgesetz" (B-VG); contains provisions as to the 
law-making process (legislation and execution); the position of 
high-ranking governmental bodies; legal protection; and the system of 
checks and balances. It is based on the following principles: the 
Democratic Principle (the law emanates from the people); the Federal 
Principle ( Federal State); the Principle of the Rule of Law (the 
entire State administration may only be carried on upon the basis of 
the laws; civil and criminal matters are adjudicated by independent 
courts); the Republican Principle (the Federal President is head of 
state and has a limited term of office); the Principle of the 
Separation of Powers (separation of legislative, executive and 
judicial powers; system of checks and balances); and the Liberal 
Principle (civil liberties, fundamental rights). Furthermore, the 
Federal Constitution contains provisions as to the Fundamental Rights 
and Freedoms, laid down in detail in the State Fundamental Law on the 
General Rights of Citizens, and in the European Convention on Human 
Rights.

!Literature
L. K. Adamovich and B. C. Funk, Oesterreichisches 
Verfassungsrecht, %%sup 3/%1985; W. Brauneder and F. Lachmayer, 
Oesterreichische Verfassungsgeschichte, %%sup 6/%1992; B. C. 
Funk, Einfuehrung in das oesterreichische Verfassungsrecht, 
%%sup 7/%1991; R. Walter and H. Mayer, Grundriss des oesterreichischen 
Bundesverfassungsrechts, %%sup 7/%1992.


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