In this issue of the Alkotmánybírósági Szemle (Constitutional Court Review), you can read studies commissioned by the Constitutional Court of Hungary (hereinafter: HCC) on the practical examination of references to foreign constitutional courts in the case-law of the Constitutional Courts of the Member States of the European Union.
The HCC celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2020. The anniversary also provided… Tovább
Four centuries ago, British poet John Donne said: “No man is an island.”[1] I, as the President of the Czech Constitutional Court (hereinafter: “CCC”), can add to this that no constitutional court is an authority unto itself. Constitutional courts, too, are part of a greater whole, which influences, conditions, and develops them.
Constitutional courts are assumed to be an ultimate authority, and… Tovább
L’ordre juridique belge est très ouvert au droit européen et international. Cette ouverture a été inaugurée et poursuivie par la Cour de cassation[1]. Elle caractérise aussi la jurisprudence de la Cour constitutionnelle. Celle-ci examine souvent – ne fût-ce que de façon indirecte – la conformité d’une norme législative au regard du droit supranational et international, elle pose régulièrement… Tovább
We live in an increasingly globalised world and the judicial arena is no exception to this trend. The increasingly international experience of judges and legal staff at courts as well as enhanced and readily available possibilities to use internet-based data and international legal or judicial networks have an impact on adjudication. At the level of constitutional courts the focus is frequently… Tovább
European constitutional justice in the XXI. century is no longer conceivable without that the constitutional courts of the Member States take into account each other’s practice and experiences. However, the relationship between supranational and constitutional courts is even more important in the European legal order. In the spirit of this, the practice of the Hungarian Constitutional Court… Tovább
This study on how decisions of foreign courts are cited in the decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (hereinafter: FCC) begins with short introductory remarks on the work process of the FCC (I.). It then provides detailed information on how the FCC references decisions of other constitutional courts (II.). Finally, the study will conclude with some summarising remarks (III.). An article by the then President… Tovább