Constitution for a disunited nation: on Hungary's 2011 fundamental law

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

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From the 1989 Constitution to the 2011 Fundamental Law by Janos Kis -- I. LEGITIMACY -- What Is Democracy? (Ronald Dworkin) -- Regime Change, Revolution, and Legitimacy (Andrew Arato) -- Constitution-Making, Competition, and Cooperation (Zoltán Miklósi) -- II. HISTORY AND COMMUNITY -- A Sacred Symbol in a Secular Country: The Holy Crown (Sándor Radnóti) -- From "We the People" to "We the Nation" (Zsolt Körtvélyesi) -- III. HUMAN RIGHTS -- Human Dignity: Rhetoric, Protection, and Instrumentalisation (Catherine Dupré) -- Equality: The Missing Link (Kriszta Kovács) -- Freedom of Religion and Churches: Archeology in a Constitutionmaking Assembly (Renáta Uitz) -- 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) -- Between Revolution and Constitution: The Roles of the Hungarian Constitutional Court (Oliver W. Lembcke, Christian Boulanger) -- Governance, Accountability, and the Market (Márton Varju) -- V. EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES -- 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) -- VI. APPENDIX -- The Fundamental Law of Hungary -- Transitional Provisions of the Fundamental Law -- First Amendment of the Fundamental Law -- Bill on the Second Amendment of the Fundamental Law -- Opinion on the Fundamental Law of Hungary (Amicus Brief) Edited by Andrew Arato, Gábor Halmai and János Kis -- Opinion on the New Constitution of Hungary European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) -- Bibliography -- Table of Cases -- Contributors -- Index.

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 Körtvélyesi -- Human dignity : rhetoric, protection and instrumentalisation / Catherine Dupré -- 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