Constitution for a disunited nation : on Hungary's 2011 fundamental law / edited by Gábor Attila Tóth.

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2012
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Budapest, Hungary ; New York, NY : Central European University Press, 2012.

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xvi, 570 pages : Illustration, Tables ; 24 cm

Notes

Published in 2012 by Central European University Press.
Printed in Hungary by Prime Rate Kft., Budapest.

Contents

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])

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  • 9786155225185
  • 9786155225574