Ex parte Püschel (Complaint Against Fiscal Authorities of Feldkirch).

Abstract

International law — Relation to municipal law — Operation of treaties — Effect of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, on Austrian statute law and Austrian constitutional law — The law of Austria.

The individual in international Law — Human rights and freedoms — European Convention for Protection of — Operation and enforcement in municipal law — Effect on existing statute law — Position in Austria — Whether Convention has status of constitutional law Whether capable of overriding statute incompatible with it — The law of Austria.

Treaties — Operation and enforcement of — Effect in municipal law — European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950 Article 5 (1) (c) and 5 (3) — Effect of Convention on existing Austrian statute law — Whether Convention possesses status of Austrian constitutional law — Whether capable of overriding Austrian statute incompatible with it — The law of Austria.