Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgements xv
5. INTRODUCTION From the 1989 Constitution to the 2011 Fundamental Law 1
6. I. LEGITIMACY
7. What Is Democracy? 23
8. Regime Change, Revolution, and Legitimacy 35
9. Constitution-Making, Competition, and Cooperation 59
10. II. HISTORY AND COMMUNITY
11. A Sacred Symbol in a Secular Country: The Holy Crown 83
12. From ‘We the People’ to ‘We the Nation’ 111
13. III. HUMAN RIGHTS
14. Human Dignity: Rhetoric, Protection, and Instrumentalisation 141
15. Equality: The Missing Link 171
16. Freedom of Religion and Churches: Archeology in a Constitution-making Assembly 197
17. IV. INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
18. From Separation of Powers to a Government without Checks: Hungary’s Old and New Constitutions 235
19. Between Revolution and Constitution: The Roles of the Hungarian Constitutional Court 269
20. Governance, Accountability, and the Market 301
21. V. EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES
22. No New(s), Good News? The Fundamental Law and the European Law 333
23. Trees in the Wood: The Fundamental Law and the European Court of Human Rights 359
24. VI. APPENDIX
25. The Fundamental Law of Hungary 377
26. Transitional Provisions of the Fundamental Law 433
27. First Amendment of the Fundamental Law 449
28. Bill on the Second Amendment of the Fundamental Law 451
29. Opinion on the Fundamental Law of Hungary (Amicus Brief) 455
30. Opinion on the New Constitution of Hungary 491
31. Bibliography 537
32. Table of Cases 551
33. Contributors 557
34. Index 561