The current issue of the Constitutional Court Review intends to provide an opportunity to publish certain studies completed in 2025 in the framework of the Comparative Constitutional Law Research Group.
The Comparative Constitutional Law Research Group, established at the National University of Public Service in 2023, aims to enable researchers to use the European Constitutional Communication Network (ECCN)… Tovább
The constitutional protection of property has been continuously shaped by the 35 years of practice of the Constitutional Court. Initially, the Constitutional Court had to clarify whether the right to property could be considered a fundamental right at all. In its later practice, the Constitutional Court focused on defining the scope of constitutional protection of property, in the context of which it … Tovább
With its Decision 5/2025. (VI. 30.) AB of the Constitutional Court of Hungary, the so-called ‘climate decision’ (klímahatározat), the Hungarian Constitutional Court joined the camp of national (and international) courts that have formulated a forward-looking legal position in relation to the protection of the climate: the climate decision goes beyond the principle of non-retrogression (non-regression,… Tovább
The purpose of this article is to present the legal protection of detainees provided by constitutional courts in relation to fundamental rights enforced during the execution of criminal sentences. The research is based on certain decisions of the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the Italian Constitutional Court in the field of penitentiary law. The paper first examines the constitutional normative… Tovább
This study, through an examination of thirty-five years of case law, demonstrates that the Hungarian Constitutional Court intervenes in internal parliamentary affairs only in instances of clear and direct constitutional violations. The analysis then places this approach in a comparative perspective by showing that the European Court of Human Rights has increasingly recognized parliamentary autonomy… Tovább
The Fundamental Law brought about a significant change in the powers of the Hungarian Constitutional Court with the introduction of the constitutional complaint against judicial decisions. While the Constitutional Court was previously only able to conduct a narrow review of the application of the law within the framework of ex post (abstract) norm control aimed at the objective protection of the constitutional… Tovább
This study first undertakes to present the 2012 turning point affecting the powers of the Constitutional Court, followed by an introduction to the institution of the genuine constitutional complaint. It then examines – by drawing on comparative legal perspectives – the admissibility of EU fundamental rights standards in the context of genuine constitutional complaint procedures.
Keywords: caesura,… Tovább
Since its establishment in 1990, the Hungarian Constitutional Court has played a pivotal role in shaping legal thought and practice, not only within Hungary but also in the broader European constitutional landscape. Among its distinct contributions is the clarification of key legal concepts – most notably, national sovereignty, constitutional identity, and ‘essential state functions’ under Article… Tovább
When constitutional courts find a legislation in violation of constitutional provisions they need to proceed with caution. While removing unconstitutional legislation from the legal system is essential, temporal solutions may be needed especially if the annulment may leave a legal vacuum, in order to protect legal certainty, the rights of individuals, public interest, and also the effective enforcement… Tovább
„A jogállamiság és a jogbiztonság elvéből fakadnak az eljárási garanciák. […] Csak a formalizált eljárás szabályainak követésével keletkezhet érvényes jogszabály.” Az Alkotmánybíróság híressé vált jogállamiság határozatában[1] az alkotmányosság számos más alapelve mellett már működése kezdetén rámutatott arra, hogy egy adott eljárás garanciális szabályainak mellőzése olyan súlyos… Tovább
A közjogi érvénytelenség a román alkotmányjogi szakirodalom számára alapvetően és szinte kizárólag egy gyakorlati, technikai kérdés, amely az alkotmánybírósági normakontrollhoz kötődik és amely keretében az Alkotmánybíróság a törvény tervezetének ellenőrzésekor a törvényhozás formai, eljárási szabályainak tiszteletben tartását vizsgálja. Elméleti szempontból azonban a közjogi érvénytelenség… Tovább
A 2018-ban az új gyülekezési törvény megalkotásának talán legfőbb oka az volt, hogy az 1989-óta hatályos gyülekezési törvény jogalkalmazói gyakorlata „szétesett”. A korábbi rendőrségi és bírósági gyakorlat elbukott az Alkotmánybíróság előtt, az Alkotmánybíróság pedig előbb belelátta a megtiltásnál enyhébb korlátozás lehetőségét a szabályozásba, majd több mulasztásban megnyilvánuló alaptörvényellenességet… Tovább
