Silence of transitional constitutions: The “invisible constitution” concept of the Hungarian Constitutional Court [PDF]
This article first discusses transitional constitutionalism in East-Central Europe, which is represented in provisional constitutions as opposed to the conventional understanding of constitutionalism. The main part of the article deals with the activist jurisprudence of the Hungarian Constitutional Court in the early 1990s, filling the gap caused by ...
Gabor Halmai, Halmai Gabor
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Lajos Kossuth and the Conversion of the Hungarian Constitution [PDF]
The ancient constitution of Hungary consisted of the mutually recognised rights and obligations of two actors: the Crown and the nobility. The reformers aimed at creating a Hungarian civil society through legislation. Conversion meant the replacement of the constitution, based on rights, by another system, based on statute laws.
Péter, László
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The Crown of St. Stephen as a Symbol of Legal Continuity and Hungarian Constitutionalism (Historical Background) [PDF]
In Hungarian history, the Crown of St. Stephen was an important relic symbolizing the unity of the Hungarian state.
Tadeusz Kopyś
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Religion and constitution. Some Hungarian perspectives
Freedom of religion shall be a universally recognized human right. States have developed highly different models with regard to their relations to religious communities.
Balázs Schanda
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The promulgation of the 1910 constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the imperial framework [PDF]
The paper aims to present the promulgation process of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Landesstatut) in the context of the Austro-Hungarian colonial administration of this territory.
Nikolić Anja
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Niektoré paradoxy ústavnoprávneho vývoja strednej Európy v medzivojnovom období
The paper deals with the constitutional development of the Central European countries in the interwar period. It focuses on Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
Ivan Halász
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The Right to a Healthy Environment in the Hungarian Constitution
The aim of the study is to present the development of the environmental law institutions founded up to the present day. Regulations concerning the protection of the environment had first been defined on international level before they appeared in the national legal system. Basic questions of environmental law are being analysed in this study.
Anita Paulovics, Adrienn Jámbor
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The Concept of the Nation in the Fundamental Law of Hungary
The paper introduces the national aspects of the new Hungarian constitution. We find direct references to the “Hungarian nation” in the text of the Fundamental Law of Hungary, and these references reveal the concept of the nation of the constitution ...
Peter Smuk
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The Hungarian sword of constitutional identity
AbstractIn its ‘refugee quota decision’ of 2016 the Hungarian Constitutional Court (HCC) ‘invented’ its competences of ultra vires, sovereignty and constitutional identity controls. The sword of constitutional identity (CI) has been forged against foreign – first of all – EU law.
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„…Hogy egyek legyenek, mint mi” – az egység kérdése
That they may be one, as we are” – the question of unity. 2019 is the Year of unity in the Hungarian Reformed Church since 10 years ago, when the Hungarian Reformed Churches on 22 May ex-pressed their unity by accepting a common constitution.
Sarolta PÜSÖK
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