Constitutional Transformation: Hungary

doi:10.1017/9781108699068.008

7 - Constitutional Transformation: Hungary

from III - Constitutional Drafting and Revision

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2022

Yaniv Roznai

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David S. Law

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David S. Law: Affiliation:
University of Virginia

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Summary

This chapter uses recent developments in Hungary to examine how the equivalent of political revolution can occur through changes that are, taken individually, in compliance in the constitution but collectively amount to wholesale transformation of the constitutional order. It confronts the question of what limits, if any, exist on constitutional revolutions of this type.

Keywords

Constitutional Transformation Constitutional Change Constitutional Court Democratic Transition Constitutional Amendment Judicial Review Democratic Backsliding Hungary Israel Constitutional Replacement Constitution-making Fidesz Democratization Orban Post-Communist Transition authoritarianism

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Information: Constitutionalism in Context , pp. 136 - 156

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108699068.008 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2022

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