Luca Sevaracz: Hungary Elects – Will 2022 Be a Happy New Year Bringing a New Era?
Considerations on Some Electoral Rules The (happy new?) year of the general elections of Members of the Hungarian National Assembly long awaited by many all over Europe has finally arrived. Most recent preludes to this year’s elections include the Hungarian opposition...
Márton SULYOK: Is This Loyalty In Fact Disloyalty?
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”, and the situation is kind of the same. Just coming to my senses after the many...
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 Polish company (Xero Flor)...
Frederik BEHRE: A Ministry of Finance?
Charting and Testing the National Constitutional Limits to EU Fiscal Integration I am honored to have been invited to introduce my 2021 PhD-thesis titled “A Ministry of Finance? Charting and Testing the National Constitutional Limits to EU Fiscal Integration”,...
Enikő KRAJNYÁK: Territorial Sovereignty and Red Lines on the Sea
The Case of the Aegean Maritime Zones Introduction The issue of territorial sovereignty is crucial in international law, as territory is a fundamental component of the State: without territory, population, government and sovereignty, the entity could not be considered...
Mónika MERCZ: From the Privacy Act to the GDPR – A Brief Introduction
“Az Infotörvénytől a GDPR-ig” has been published in Hungarian by the Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó (National University of Public Service) in 2021. From the Privacy Act to the GDPR is an impressive volume of more than 270 pages and is the first of its kind in Hungary. It is...
István Üveges: Plain and/or Simple?
The Plain Language Movement and its Possibilities in Hungarian Legislation Introduction The Plain Language Movement (hereinafter: PLM) is a US-based initiative that can be seen as a field of research, a line of inquiry, a methodology, or even a branch of language...
Kinga KÁLMÁN: Where is the ‘mushroom cloud’?
The PSPP decision’s perspective in one year of hindsight This July, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter “CJEU”) acted ultra-vires imposing the obligation on Poland to abolish the...
Tamás István MANHERTZ: Tension or Attention?
On the relationship between the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the references for preliminary rulings We live in a turbulent era of constitutional justice in Europe, evidenced by the many debates that try to encapsulate the very essence and raison d’étre of...
Lee J. STRANG: A Comparison of the Historical Constitution and Originalism
Appearances May Be Deceiving I. Introduction As an American legal scholar whose primary research is on constitutional interpretation and its originalist school, the concept of the Historical Constitution in Hungary’s Fundamental Law offered a fascinating comparative...
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: .
Pál Péter KRUZSLICZ: More or Less State when facing Statelessness
Thoughts on States’ Functions when applying International and Supranational Law In fashion, it is well-known that less can be more as Coco Channel stated. The same question arises in constitutional law nowadays with the continuous development of international and...
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