Márton SULYOK: Pitch Black in Strasbourg or a Bright, Sunshiny Day? Constitutional Identity and Anti-Discrimination in Context
2023 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the accession of my home country (Hungary) to the ECHR. A perfect time for stocktaking in the jurisprudence of the ECtHR regarding issues that might define the next 30 years. This is where constitutional
Conor CASEY: Hungarian Constitutionalism as Classical Constitutionalism? Reflections from an Interested Observer
Inspired by two earlier posts penned about the Hungarian Fundamental Law and constitutional interpretation by my friend Márton Sulyok, here I offer some thoughts on the topic as a comparative constitutional law scholar working within the natural law tradition. My
Mark David HALL: ‘Christian Nationalism’: An Existential Threat to America and the World?[1]
In the traditional telling of the tale, an acorn falls on Chicken Little’s head and she runs around wildly telling all who will listen that the sky is falling. Since January 6, 2020, a host of polemicists and a few
Grzegorz BLICHARZ: Platform Workers as ‘Freedmen’: Reflections on the EU Proposal
From a European perspective, the working conditions of digital platform workers are a matter of great concern. The crisis caused by the current pandemic has dramatically increased the number and value of services rendered via digital platforms, most notably the
Mónika MERCZ: Constitutional or environmental law?
Different interpretations of the precautionary principle with regard to Article P) of the Fundamental Law of Hungary As I have already remarked in one of my previous articles, the Fundamental Law of Hungary contains an Article dedicated to preserving the environment
Márton SULYOK: Is American thinking about unalienable rights alien in Europe? A comment of Professor Bernal’s thoughts
Reading the most recent publication of Professor Carlos Bernal here on Constitutional Discourse about the fundamental features of American Constitutionalism in light of the 2020 Report on the Commission on Unalienable Rights lead me to dust off an old article
Carlos BERNAL: The Magnificent Seven. On the Functions of ‘Unalienable Rights’ in American Constitutionalism
The concept of ‘unalienable rights’ became the subject of a new chapter of the “Human Rights Era” in American Constitutionalism when, in July 2019 Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announced the creation of a Commission on Unalienable Rights. The
Márton SULYOK: Is This Loyalty In Fact Disloyalty?
[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]On the Remarks of the German Government to the Commission after PSPP If this was a eulogy, I would begin by saying that “it is with great sadness that we now need to face an ugly truth”,
Márton CSAPODI: A “CT scan” with unexpected results – The Xero Flor v Poland judgment of the ECtHR
An interesting conflict arose between the European Court of Human Rights and the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (CT). In May, after scanning the CT, the ECtHR ruled that a judge of the CT had previously been unlawfully elected and that the
ConDiscussion: Nation, Community, Minority, Identity
The role and activism of national constitutional courts in defending constitutional identity https://youtu.be/IDmRLnkx6fk The conference programme is available: .
