Ressel, J. (2013) Democracy and rule of law: the Hungarian goulash. Law, Culture & Ideas Blog. 23/06/2013
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The article discusses the Tavares Report on the new constitutional changes in Hungary, the implications of the new Constitution on Hungary's obligation under the Treaty, on European Union, especially its continuing commitment to the Union founding values of the rule of law and democracy and its obligation to “…respect human dignity, democracy, equality, the rule of law…“, drawing on historical examples.
Concluding with the view that should Hungary fail to take steps to correct its apparent trend away from the EU founding values it is at serious risk of placing itself in in breach of its European Union treaty obligations, international legalities, and possibly even breach European human rights law.
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Charter of Fundamental Rights, Democracy, European Parliament, Freedom of Speech, Judicial independence, Rule of Law, European Union, Tavares, Treaty on European Union, Weimar, Constitutional Law
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Ressel, J.
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23 June 2013
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Law, Culture & Ideas Blog
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23/06/2013
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English
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Jocobson A J., and Schlink B., (eds) Weimar: A Jurisprudence in Crisis. (Berkley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press 2000)
Georg Jellinek ‘Constitutional Amendment and Constitutional Transformation’ in Jocobson A J., and Schlink B., (eds) Weimar: A Jurisprudence in Crisis. (Berkley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 2000) pp54-57 originally appeared in Georg Jellinek Verfassungsanderung und Verfassungswandlung: Eine staatsrechtlich-politische Abhandlung (Berlin: Haring, 1906)
European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Draft Report on the situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary. No: 2012/2130(INI). 2 May 2013 Rapporteur Rui Tavares http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/libe/pr/935/935253/935253en.pdf
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