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• Legitimacy
• History and Community
• Human Rights
• Institutional Design
• European Perspectives

• What Is Democracy?
• Regime Change, Revolution, and Legitimacy
• Constitution-Making, Competition, and Cooperation
• A Sacred Symbol in a Secular Country: The Holy Crown
• From "We the People" to "We the Nation"
• Human Dignity: Rhetoric, Protection, and Instrumentalisation
• Equality: The Missing Link
• Freedom of Religion and Churches: Archeology in a Constitution-making Assembly
• From Separation of Powers to a Government without Checks: Hungary's Old and New Constitutions
• Between Revolution and Constitution: The Roles of the Hungarian Constitutional Court
• Governance, Accountability, and the Market
• No New(s), Good News? The Fundamental Law and the European Law
• Trees in the Wood: The Fundamental Law and the European Court of Human Rights

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Objectives
• 3. Theoretical background
• 4. Methodology
• 5. Survey findings
• 6. Individual and society
• 7. Law, crime and the justice system
• 8. Criticism of the system and world views
• 9. Changing views on the law and civil society between 2010 and 2018
• 10. Correlations and conclusions
• 11. Appendix.
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Changing Legal and Civic Culture in an Illiberal Democracy is a unique empirical study on recent developments in legal and civic consciousness in Hungary. Drawing its methodology from social psychology, this book illuminates a shift in legal consciousness during the time in which Orban's government has cemented Hungary's reputation as an illiberal democracy. The book foregrounds the voices of the Hungarian population in how they view the shift towards increasingly right-wing politics and an erosion of the rule of law. It opens with an extensive theoretical introduction of the historical development and psychological dimensions of legal consciousness in Hungary and relates the Hungarian research to international developments. It then presents its empirical results and offers a jargon-free account of ordinary people's changing perceptions of their relationship to Hungary's civic and legal cultures, before finally examining the correlations between surveys. Methodologically, the book establishes that theories of legal consciousness and social change are bolstered by empirical data. Offering a new way of approaching shifts in legal consciousness and the rule of law in Balkan and Eastern European countries, this text will be of great interest to researchers and students of social psychology, law, international relations and Central European studies.
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• Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: From the 1989 Constitution to the 2011 Fundamental Law Janos Kis I. Legitimacy What Democracy Is? Ronald Dworkin Regime Change, Revolution and Legitimacy Andrew Arato Constitution-Making, Competition and Cooperation Zoltan Miklosi II. History and Community A Sacred Symbol in a Secular Country: The Holy Crown Sandor Radnoti From "We the People" to "We the Nation" Zsolt Koertvelyesi III. Human Rights Human Dignity: Rhetoric, Protection and Instrumentalisation Catherine Dupre Equality: The Missing Link Kriszta Kovacs Freedom of Religion and Churches: Archeology in a Constitution-making Assembly Renata Uitz IV. Institutional Design From Separation of Powers to a Government without Checks: Hungary's Old and New Constitutions Miklos Bankuti, Gabor 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 Marton Varju V. European Perspectives No New(s), Good News? The Fundamental Law and the European Law Andras 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, Gabor Halmai and Janos Kis Opinion on the New Constitution of Hungary, European Commission for Democracy Through Law (Venice Commission) Bibliography Table of Cases Contributors Index.
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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.
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• List of Illustrations List of Contributors 1. Introduction, Philip Barker and Thomas Lorman 2. Law and the Ancient Constitution in Medieval and Early Modern Hungary, Martyn Rady 3. The Birth of the Constitution in Eighteenth-Century Hungarian Political Thought, Istvan M. Szijarto 4. Resurrecting the Past, Reshaping the Future: The Rise of the 'Ancient Constitution' at the Diet of 1790/1, Philip Barker 5. Reforming or Replacing the Historical Constitution: Lajos Kossuth and the April Laws of 1848, Ferenc Hoercher 6. Reform Fever and Disillusionment: Constitutional Codification Fiascos of the Hungarian Liberals after the Settlement of 1867, Andras Cieger 7. The Use and Abuse of Flexibility: Hungary's Historical Constitution, 1867-1919, Thomas Lorman 8. Law I of 1920 and the Historical Constitution, Istvan Szabo 9. Law I of 1946 and Law XX of 1949: Continuity or Discontinuity in Traditional Hungarian Constitutionalism? Balazs Fekete 10. Is a Revival Possible?: Theoretical Reflections on the Historical Constitution, Kalman Pocza 11. Epilogue: On the Future(s) of the Historical Constitution, Ferenc Hoercher and Kalman Pocza
• Appendix I: Primary Sources on Hungarian Constitutional History: The Golden Bull of 1222
• Appendix II: The Rakos Declaration (1505)
• Appendix III: Extracts from Stephen Werboczy's Tripartitum (1517)
• Appendix IV: The Laws of 1687
• Appendix V: The Laws of 1790/1
• Appendix VI: Robert Townson's Translation of Law XXVI of 1790/1
• Appendix VII: The 'April Laws' of 1848
• Appendix VIII: Law XII of 1867
• Appendix IX: The Declaration of the First Hungarian Republic (November 1918)
• Appendix X: The Preamble to the Constitution of the Hungarian Socialist Federal Republic of Councils (1919)
• Appendix XI: The Preamble to Law I of 1920
• Appendix XII: The Preamble to Law I of 1946: On the form of Government of Hungary
• Appendix XIII: The Constitution of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949): Constitution of the Hungarian People's Republic
• Appendix XIV: The Fundamental Law of Hungary: God bless the Hungarians Bibliography Index.
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The new Hungarian Basic Law, which was ratified on 1 January 2012, provoked domestic and international controversy. Of particular concern was the constitutional text's explicit claim that it was situated within a reinvigorated Hungarian legal tradition that had allegedly developed over centuries before its violent interruption during World War II, by German invaders, and later, by Soviet occupation. To explore the context and validity of this claim, and the legal traditions which have informed the stormy centuries of Hungary's constitutional development, this book brings together a group of leading historians, political scientists and legal scholars to produce a comprehensive history of Hungarian constitutional thought. Ranging in scope from an overview of Hungarian medieval jurisprudence to an assessment of the various criticisms levelled at the new Hungarian Basis Law of 2012, contributors assess the constitutions, their impacts and their legacies, as well as the social and cultural contexts within which they were drafted. The historical analysis is accompanied by a selection of original source materials, many translated here for the first time. This is the only book in English on the subject and is essential reading for all those interested in Hungary's history, political culture and constitution.
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• Zur Aushöhlung des Rechtsstaates : Ungarn, Deutschland und Brüssel auf dem Prüfstand
• Die höhere Moral der Zivilgesellschaften
• Demokratie und gesellschaftliche Teilsysteme : Ordnung aus einem Guss oder freie Menüwahl? : Eine Annäherung in zehn Punkten
• Wirtschaftliche Verflechtung und Mobilität
• Fakten versus Narrative : Hürden der Problemerkennung und Problemlösung
• Die "gute Reform" : Pragmatismus auf rechtstaatlicher Grundlage : Fünf Thesen

• LEGAL BACKGROUND TO THE PEOPLE'S TRIBUNALS AND THEIR OPERATION IN HUNGARY The System of People's Tribunals and the Actors in the Process The Crimes and the Range of Punishments Controversies Surrounding the Law on People's Tribunals RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Method of Approach Preparation Phase Pilot research Expert roundtable Training of the Encoders The Final Questionnaire Research Phase Sampling procedure From filling in the questionnaires to the data files Preparing the data files for analysis Several Notes on the Methodology and the Findings ANALYSIS OF THE PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL CASES Types of Cases Distribution of the types of cases over time Characteristics of the Case Files Analysis of the Various Actors in the People's Tribunals Summary of the Demographics of Defendants and Witnesses in the Various Types of Cases Lawyers Characteristics of the People's Tribunal Cases The length of trials and the number of hearings The role of witnesses at the people's tribunals Judgments Effect of the composition of witnesses on judgments A GENDERED ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL JUSTICE IN HUNGARY IN THE AFTERMATH OF WWII Women in Political Justice: Stereotypes and Reality about Women Perpetrators Witnesses Court Judgments Women People's Judges Summary: Gender in political justice JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE PEOPLE'S TRIBUNALS Characteristics of the People's Tribunal Cases Defendants and Their Characteristics Witnesses and Their Characteristics Court Judgments Jewish Identity and the Practice of Political Justice SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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In Hungary, which fell under Soviet influence at the end of WWII, those who had participated in the wartime atrocities were tried by so called people's courts. This book analyses this process in an objective, quantitative way, contributing to the present timely discussion on the Hungarian war guilt. The authors apply a special focus on the gender aspect of the trials.
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• Preface
• Constitutional law / Tamás Sulyok, Gergely Deli & Márton Sulyok
• Administrative law / Mariana Nagy
• Fiscal and financial law / István Simon
• Civil Code of 2013 / Lajos Vékás
• Persons / Zoltán Csehi
• Legal persons / Zoltán Csehi
• Companies / András Kisfalundi
• Property law / Lajos Vékás
• Contracts / Attila Menyhárd
• Extra-contractual liability (torts) and damages / Ádám Fuglinszky
• Succession / Lajos Vékás
• Family law / Orsolya Szeibert
• Labour law / György Kiss
• Intellectual property law / Gábor Faludi
• Private international law / László Keckés
• Civil litigation and arbitration / István Varga
• Criminal law / Krisztina Karsai & Zsolt Szornora
• Criminal procedure / Árpád Erdei

• Introduction / Philip Barker and Thomas Lorman
• Law and the ancient constitution in medieval and early modern Hungary / Martyn Rady
• The birth of the constitution in eighteenth-century Hungarian political thought / István M. Szijártó
• Resurrecting the past, reshaping the future : the rise of the 'ancient constitution' at the Diet of 1790/1 / Philip Barker
• Reforming or replacing the historical constitution : Lajos Kossuth and the April laws of 1848 / Ferenc Hörcher
• Reform fever and disillusionment : constitutional codification fiascos of the Hungarian liberals after the Settlement of 1867 / András Cieger
• The use and abuse of flexibility : Hungary's historical constitution, 1867-1919 / Thomas Lorman
• Law I of 1920 and the historical constitution / István Szabó
• Law I of 1946 and Law XX of 1949 : continuity or discontinuity in traditional Hungarian constitutionalism? / Balázs Fekete
• Is a revival possible? : theoretical reflections on the historical constitution / Kálmán Pócza
• Epilogue: On the future(s) of the historical constitution / Ferenc Hörcher and Kálmán Pócza

The new Hungarian Basic Law, which was ratified on 1 January 2012, provoked domestic and international controversy. Of particular concern was the constitutional text's explicit claim that it was situated within a reinvigorated Hungarian legal tradition that had allegedly developed over centuries before its violent interruption during World War II, by German invaders, and later, by Soviet occupation. To explore the context and validity of this claim, and the legal traditions which have informed the stormy centuries of Hungary's constitutional development, this book brings together a group of leading historians, political scientists and legal scholars to produce a comprehensive history of Hungarian constitutional thought. Ranging in scope from an overview of Hungarian medieval jurisprudence to an assessment of the various criticisms levelled at the new Hungarian Basis Law of 2012, contributors assess the constitutions, their impacts and their legacies, as well as the social and cultural contexts within which they were drafted. The historical analysis is accompanied by a selection of original source materials, many translated here for the first time. This is the only book in English on the subject and is essential reading for all those interested in Hungary's history, political culture and constitution.
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