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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819574803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest ; ; New York, : Central European University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-83609-2

615-5225-57-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 570 pages)

Classificazione

NQ 8220

Altri autori (Persone)

TóthGábor Attila <1970->

Disciplina

342.439

Soggetti

Constitutional law - Hungary

Hungary Alaptörvény

European 6 Russia & Eastern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in 2012 by Central European University Press.

Printed in Hungary by Prime Rate Kft., Budapest.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.