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Title Constitution for a disunited nation : on Hungary's 2011 fundamental law / edited by Gábor Attila Tóth
Published Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 570 pages)
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 Körtvelyesi -- Human dignity : rhetoric, protection and instrumentalisation / Catherine Dupre -- 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
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
Analysis Constitutional law, Democracy, European Union, Human rights, Liberal democracy, Political studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ACLS Humanities, viewed November 25, 2019)
Subject Hungary. Alaptörvény.
SUBJECT Alaptörvény (Hungary) fast
Subject Constitutional law -- Hungary -- Congresses
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Constitutional law
Hungary
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Tóth, Gábor Attila, 1970- editor.
LC no. 2012031829
ISBN 9786155225574
6155225575
1283836092
9781283836098