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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (586 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9786155225574
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 944.023
LOC classification:
  • DC
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
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.
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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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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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