Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic

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Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic Ústavní soud České republiky
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 1993
Jurisdiction	cases of constitutionality
Headquarters	Brno 2
Agency Executives	Pavel Rychetský, Chairman   Pavel Holländer, Vice-Chairman   Eliška Wagnerová, Vice-Chairwoman   Stanislav Balík František Duchoň Vlasta Formánková Vojen Guttler Ivana Janu Vladimir Kurka Dagmar Lastovecka Jiri Mucha Jan Musil Jiri Nykodym Miloslav Vyborny Michaela Zidlicka, Justices
Website
http://angl.concourt.cz/angl_verze/index_angl.php

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The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ústavní soud České republiky) is a specialized type of court which primarily works to protect the people of the Czech Republic against violations of the constitution. In this respect, it is similar in functionality to the US Supreme Court, but is distinct from the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic. Of all the various levels of the Czech Judiciary it is the one created with the greatest specificity in the constitution. As such, it dates back to 1 January 1993, although it existed in a somewhat different form as a part of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic.