Constitution for a Disunited Nation : : On Hungary's 2011 Fundamental Law    /

Constitution for a Disunited Nation : : On Hungary's 2011 Fundamental Law    / / ed. by Gábor Attila Tóth.

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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 c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
MitwirkendeR:
Arato, Andrew,
Boulanger, Christian,
Bragyova, András,
Bánkuti, Miklós,
Dupré, Catherine,
Dworkin, Ronald,
Halmai, Gábor,
Kis, János,
Kovács, Kriszta,
Körtvélyesi, Zsolt,
Lembcke, Oliver W.,
McBride, Jeremy,
Miklósi, Zoltán,
Radnóti, Sándor,
Scheppele, Kim Lane,
Uitz, Renáta,
Varju, Márton,
HerausgeberIn:
Tóth, Gábor Attila,
Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
©2012
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (586 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • INTRODUCTION From the 1989 Constitution to the 2011 Fundamental Law
  • I. LEGITIMACY
  • What Is Democracy?
  • Regime Change, Revolution, and Legitimacy
  • Constitution-Making, Competition, and Cooperation
  • II. HISTORY AND COMMUNITY
  • A Sacred Symbol in a Secular Country: The Holy Crown
  • From ‘We the People’ to ‘We the Nation’
  • III. HUMAN RIGHTS
  • Human Dignity: Rhetoric, Protection, and Instrumentalisation
  • Equality: The Missing Link
  • Freedom of Religion and Churches: Archeology in a Constitution-making Assembly
  • IV. INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
  • From Separation of Powers to a Government without Checks: Hungary’s Old and New Constitutions
  • Between Revolution and Constitution: The Roles of the Hungarian Constitutional Court
  • Governance, Accountability, and the Market
  • V. EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES
  • No New(s), Good News? The Fundamental Law and the European Law
  • Trees in the Wood: The Fundamental Law and the European Court of Human Rights
  • VI. APPENDIX
  • The Fundamental Law of Hungary
  • Transitional Provisions of the Fundamental Law
  • First Amendment of the Fundamental Law
  • Bill on the Second Amendment of the Fundamental Law
  • Opinion on the Fundamental Law of Hungary (Amicus Brief)
  • Opinion on the New Constitution of Hungary
  • Bibliography
  • Table of Cases
  • Contributors
  • Index

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