Constitution for a Disunited Nation: On Hungary's 2011 Fundamental Law

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Introduction: From the 1989 Constitution to the 2011 Fundamental Law János Kis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. LEGITIMACY What Is Democracy? Ronald dwoRKin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Regime Change, Revolution, and Legitimacy andRew aRato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Constitution-Making, Competition, and Cooperation Zoltán MiKlósi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 II. HISTORY AND COMMUNITY A Sacred Symbol in a Secular Country: The Holy Crown sándoR Radnóti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 From “We the People” to “We the Nation” Zsolt KöRtvélyesi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 III. HUMAN RIGHTS Human Dignity: Rhetoric, Protection, and Instrumentalisation CatheRine dupRé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Equality: The Missing Link KRisZta KováCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Freedom of Religion and Churches: Archeology in a Constitutionmaking Assembly Renáta uitZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 IV. INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN From Separation of Powers to a Government without Checks: Hungary’s Old and New Constitutions MiKlós BánKuti, GáBoR halMai and KiM lane sCheppele . . . . 237 Between Revolution and Constitution: The Roles of the Hungarian Constitutional Court oliveR w. leMBCKe, ChRistian BoulanGeR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Governance, Accountability, and the Market MáRton vaRJu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 V. EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES No New(s), Good News? The Fundamental Law and the European Law andRás BRaGyova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Trees in the Wood: The Fundamental Law and the European Court of Human Rights JeReMy MCBRide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 VI. APPENDIX The Fundamental Law of Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Transitional Provisions of the Fundamental Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 First Amendment of the Fundamental Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Bill on the Second Amendment of the Fundamental Law . . . . . . . 451 Opinion on the Fundamental Law of Hungary (Amicus Brief) Edited by andRew aRato, GáBoR halMai and János Kis . . . . . . 455 Opinion on the New Constitution of Hungary European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 Table of Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 ...