The current issue of the Constitutional Court Review intends to provide an opportunity to publish studies completed in 2023 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 at enabling researchers to use the European Constitutional Communication Network (ECCN) database… Tovább
In January 2021 the Hungarian Constitutional Court launched an ambitious project with the aim to encourage the use of foreign jurisprudence in constitutional adjudication by setting up an English-language database of European constitutional court decisions. The European Constitutional Communication Network, ECCN in short, stands for both an online database as well as an international collaboration of eight… Tovább
The balance between security and freedom is not permanent: the more you feel your security endangered, the more you are willing to sacrifice freedom. In the latest times this statement was verified; during the pandemic people gave up such a great part of their freedom they would not have believed earlier. How long should security last and where is the point where freedom becomes emphasised again? Using the … Tovább
The right to peaceful assembly is one of the most important fundamental rights in a democratic constitutional state. It is through the exercise of this right that (among other things) freedom of expression and control of power can be exercised over the leadership of a country. However, the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020 led to the introduction of special legal regimes in some countries,… Tovább
Aspects of the protection of freedom of expression in public life as a fundamental right: from public figures to public affairs
AbstractThe Hungarian Constitutional Court considers the freedom of speech and the freedom of press as “particularly precious”, which can only be restricted in particularly justified cases and under strict conditions. The present study first provides an overview of the earlier case-law… Tovább
The protection of health takes on particular importance in times of epidemics, when the individual rights of patients are opposed to the protection of public health, and in particular, the health of especially vulnerable groups to epidemics. The restrictions introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic made it clear that the public health and epidemiological public interest in health care can override… Tovább