Constitution for a disunited nation : on Hungary's 2011 fundamental law / edited by Gábor Attila Tóth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tóth, Gábor Attila, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hungary. Alaptörvény.

Hungary.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law--Hungary--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 570 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Central European University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This collection is the most comprehensive account of the Fundamental Law and its underlying principles. The objective is to analyze this constitutional transition from the perspectives of comparative constitutional law, legal theory and political philosophy. The authors outline and analyze how the current constitutional changes are altering the basic structure of the Hungarian State. The key concepts of the theoretical inquiry are sociological and normative legitimacy, majoritarian and partnership approach to democracy, procedural and substantive elements of constitutionalism. Changes are also examined in the field of human rights, focusing on the principles of equality, dignity, and civil liberties.

Contents:

Introduction : from the 1989 constitution to the 2011 fundamental law / János Kis

What democracy is? / Ronald Dworkin

Regime change, revolution and legitimacy / Andrew Arato

Constitution-making, competition and cooperation / Zoltán Miklósi

A sacred symbol in a secular country : the holy crown / Sándor Radnóti

From "we the people" to "we the nation" / Zsolt Körtvélyesi

Human dignity : rhetoric, protection and instrumentalisation / Catherine Dupré

Equality : the missing link / Kriszta Kovács

Freedom of religion and churches : archeology in a constitution-making assembly / Renáta Uitz

From separation of powers to a government without checks : hungary's old and new constitutions / Miklós Bánkuti, Gábor Halmai and Kim Lane Scheppele

Between revolution and constitution : the roles of the Hungarian Constitutional Court / Christian Boulanger, Oliver W. Lembcke

Governance, accountability and the market / Márton Varju

No new(s), good news? : the fundamental law and the European law / András Bragyova

Trees in the wood : the fundamental law and the European Court of Human Rights / Jeremy McBride.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-549) and index.

ISBN:

9786155225185

6155225184

OCLC:

793581897