Home / Institute / Staff /

Dr. Gábor Attila Tóth

 

Curriculum vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Gábor Attila Tóth

JD, PhD, Habil.

 

Email:  gabor.attila.toth@hu-berlin.de

Web:https://independent.academia.edu/GáborAttilaTóth

 

Present and Previous Positions

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights (2009–), Chair of the Constitutional law Department (2013—16)

Semmelweis University, Budapest, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Law (2020–)

Council of Europe, International Consultant, Support for the implementation of judicial reform in Serbia (2022–)

 ELTE University, Budapest, Senior Lecturer of International Human Rights (2014–2022)                                                                              

European Union, Constitutional Court of Moldova, Constitutional Jurisprudence Expert (2016—17)

Constitutional Court of Hungary, Senior Adviser (2007—10), Adviser (2000–2007)

Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, CEO (2013), Founder, Project Director (1994—2000)

 

Fellowships

Berlin, Humboldt University, Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellow (2022-2023, 2017–2020)

New York, The New School for Social Research, Visiting Fellow (2014 and 2016)

Berlin, Humboldt University, Law and Society Institute, DAAD Visiting Fellow (2010–11)

Oxford, British Council, Human Rights Scholar (2000)

Warsaw, Polish Helsinki Foundation, International Human Rights School (1994)

  

Degrees

Habilitation, University of Debrecen (2014)

Ph.D in Law, “summa cum laude,” University of Miskolc (2009)

Bar Exam, “excellent,” Budapest (2000)

JD, “summa cum laude,” ELTE University (1997)

 

International Research

 International Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Semmelweis University

Harmonising the ethical and legal framework for federated European trials on adrenal tumours (2022–23)

 Semmelweis University and eight European academic institutions

Data ethics: Ethical Challenges of Big Data in the Health and Life Sciences (2021–23)

 State University of Rio de Janeiro

Populist Constitutionalism, populist jurisdiction and the crisis of democracy (2019—20)

 WZB Social Science Center, Berlin and Verfassungsblog

Constitutional Resilience (2018)

Max Planck Foundation, Heidelberg, Oxford University Press

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (2015—16)

Freedom House, Washington – New York – Budapest

Nations in Transit Reports 2013, 2014 (2014—15)

WZB Social Science Center, Berlin

Comparing Constitutional Courts (2012—13)

University of Debrecen, Department of Philosophy

Bioethics of Stem Cell (2011—12)

Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute, New York — Budapest

Fundamental rights in the case-law of the Hungarian Constitutional Court (1995—96)

 

International Conferences Organized

WZB Berlin, “19 89 19. Thirty Years After the Round Tables,” 27.11.2019, with Kriszta Kovács

WZB Berlin, “Constitutional Resilience,” 13.11.2018, with Kriszta Kovács, Mattias Kumm and Max Steinbeis

Chisinau, “Fundamental Rights in Democratic Societies,” 30.03.2017, with Toma Birmontiene

University of Exeter and ELTE Budapest, “European Constitutional Democracy in Peril: People, Principles, Institutions,” 23/06/2016, with Kriszta Kovács and Catherine Dupré        

Central European University, “In the Name of the People?” 1.12.2016, with Péter Sólyom

Humboldt University, “Hungarian Constitutional Crisis and European Constitutional Standards,”  19.1.2011, with Christian Boulanger, Christoph Möllers, Kriszta Kovács

Central European University and Hungarian civil Liberties Union, “Data Protection and Freedom of Information,” 12.05.1997, with Judit Fridli

 

Services to the Community, Memberships

Member, International Law and Society Association

Member, International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)

Member, Cambridge Bioethics Education Working Group in Hungary

Editor, Academia.edu Editor Program

Founding editor in chief, Sovereign, Center for Liberal Democracy (szuveren.hu)

Member, Bódog Somló Society of Legal Philosophy

Member, Hungarian Academy of Science

Member, OHA Network of Academics

Founding editor, Fundamentum, Human Rights Quarterly (1997–2000)

 

Awards, grants

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Fellowship for experienced researchers (2022-23, 2017-20)

Open Society Foundation, Human Rights research grant (2013-14)

University of Debrecen, Book of the Year (2011)

Head of State, Republic of Hungary, Nominee for Data Protection and Freedom of Information ParliamentaryCommissioner (2007)

Autonomy Foundation, Tolerance Prize (1997)

Invisible College, Budapest, Scholarship (1994-97)

 

Languages

Hungarian, native

English, speaking, reading, writing

German, speaking, reading, writing

Russian, reading, writing

French, reading

 

Teaching

University of Debrecen, International Human Rights, Constitutional Theory, Comparative Constitutionalism, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Speech, Human Dignity, Judicial Review, Colloquia, core and elective, JD, MA, LLM, PhD, in Hungarian and English (2009–)

Semmelweis University, Budapest, Bioethics, Human Rights, Colloquia, core and elective, MD, PhD, in German and Hungarian ((2003–4 and 2019–)

Humboldt University, Berlin, Ringvorlesung, “Lecture Series on Mobility, Activism, and Politics,” Einstein Fellows Research Group, in English (2020 –21)

ELTE University, Budapest, Philosophy of Human Rights, Central-European Constitutionalism, Equality, Personal Liberty, core, MA, LLM, Erasmus, PhD, in English and Hungarian (2014–)

The New School for Social Research, New York, Sociology of Law. with Andrew Arato, elective, in English (2016)

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Human Rights, Comparative

Constitutionalism, Constitutional Interpretation, trainings, workshops, in English and Russian (2016—17)

Friedrich–Alexander University, Erlangen and University of Debrecen, Human Rights in Europe, joint seminar, with Funke and Sólyom, in English (2016)

Rajk László College for Advanced Studies, Constitutional Theory, Comparative Human Rights, Human Dignity, elective, in Hungarian and English (2011—14)

Bibó István College for Advanced Studies, Theory and Practice of Civil Liberties (2008)

Széchenyi István University, Győr, Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Bioethics, core and elective (1997, 2000-2004)

  

Thesis Supervision

Mariya Yefremova, The Role of the Human Rights Ombudsman, CEU Human Rights MA (2014)        

Gábor Mészáros, State of emergency, Debrecen PhD in Law (2017)         

Éva Balogh, Public figures, freedom of speech and the ECtHR, Debrecen PhD in Law (2018)   

Virág Zsugyó, Unconstitutional constitutional amendments, Debrecen PhD in Law (2019)

Izabella Deák, NGOs in democratic and autocratic systems, Debrecen PhD in Law        

Publications

List of Publications and Presentations

Gábor Attila Tóth

Edited books

 

  1. The Possible, Essays in Honor of János Kis [Lehetséges. Kis Jánosnak tanítványaitól]

Bratislava, Kalligram, 2013, 373 pp (with K. Kovács)

 

  1. Constitution for a Disunited Nation: On Hungary’s 2011 Fundamental Law

New York, Bp, CEU Press, 2012, 570 pp

(Among the authors, Andrew Arato, Ronald Dworkin, Kim Lane Scheppele)

 

  1. Data Protection and Freedom of Information,

Budapest, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, 1997, 197 pp (with J. Fridli)

 

 

Monographs

 

  1. Nemdenokrácia. Az alkotmányjogi patológia és terápia alapjai [Non-democracy: The foundations of constitutional pathology and therapy]

Budapest: Oriold Books, 2024, 424 pp

 

  1. A jogállam helyreállításának kísérlete. A Civil Közjogi Műhely tevékenysége [An attempt to restore the rule of law] Oriold and Co, 2023, 186 pp (co-author)

 

  1. A jogok törvénye. Értekezések az alkotmányos szabadságról [Bill of Rights, Essays on Constitutional Liberties], Gondolat Press, 2014, 296 pp

 

  1. Humán embrionális őssejtkutatás – Orvosbiológiai, filozófiai-etikai, jogi kérdések. [Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Research, Medical, Ethical and Legal Questions] Debrecen University Press, 2014, 283 pp (with S. Kömüves and I. Szatmári)

 

  1. Életfogytig szabadláb, Alkotmányjogi karcolatok [Condemned to be Free, Critical Notes on Constitutional Law] Élet és Irodalom, 2011, 300 pp

 

  1. Túl a szövegen, Értekezés a magyar Alkotmányról [Beyond The Text, An Essay on the Constitution] Osiris, 2013, 314 pp

 

  1. Emberi jogok [Human Rights] Osiris, 2008, 919 pp (with G. Halmai)

 

 

Book chapters (in English, German, Polish, Romanian and Hungarian)

 

 

  1. (2023) “Coordinated Transition in East-Central Europe and the Role of Constitutional Courts in Transitional Justice: Experiences from Hungary and Moldova”

In Cheng-Yi Huang (ed.), Constitutionalizing Transitional Justice, Routledge, 131-152

 

  1. (2022) “Legal preconditions for democracy: the case of Hungary”

In R.J.N. Schlössels, J.J.J. Sillen, R.B.J. Tinnevelt (red.), Naar een weerbare rechtsstaat, Wolters Kluwer, 41-58

 

  1. (2022) “Constitutional justice in Hungary: From the revolution under the rule of law to the revolution in the polling booths”

In Pierre-Alain Collot dir. Le constitutionnalisme abusif en Europe, Mare & Martin, Paris, 119-135

 

  1. (2021) “Chief Justice Sólyom and the Paradox of ‘Revolution under the Rule of Law’”

In Rehan Abeyratne and Iddo Porat (eds), Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges, Cambridge UP,  255-274

 

  1. (2021) “Od niedoskonałej demokracji do niekompletnej autokracji” (From an Imperfect Democracy to an Incomplete Autocracy)

In Adam Czarnota, Michał Paździora, Michał Stambulski (eds.): Nowy Konstytucjonalizm. Polityczność, tożsamość, sfera publiczna, Scholar’ Press, Warsaw, 175-206, with K. Kovács

 

  1. (2020) “Constitutional System Typology: Reflections on the Distinction Between Democracy and Non-Democracy”

In Pedro H. Villas Bôas Castelo Branco, Carina Barbosa Gouvêa, Bruno Lamenha (eds.), Populismo, constitucionalismo populista, jurisdição populista e crise da democracia, Belo Horizonte MG, Casa do Direito, 310-341

 

  1. (2020) “Constitutional simulacrum: Constitutional Courts in democracies and non-democracies”

In Constitutional Justice and the Society’s Reaction: When the Solutions of the Constitutional Courts are in Disagreement with the Majority Opinion of the Society, Chişinău, Arc, 2020, 90-95

 

  1. (2020) “Simulacrul constituțional: curțile constituționale în democrații și non-democrații”

In Justiția constituțională și reacția societății: când soluțiile curților constituționale se află în dezacord cu opiniile majoritare din societate, Chişinău, Arc, 2020, 90-95

 

  1. (2018) “Lost in Transition: Invisible Constitutionalism in Hungary”

In Rosalind Dixon & Adrienne Stone (eds) The Invisible Constitution in Comparative Perspective, Cambridge UP 2018, 541-562

 

  1. (2018) “The Multifaceted Sovereign: Domestic and International Actors in Constitutional Regime Changes” (with Andrew Arato)

In Paul Blokker (ed.), Constitutional Acceleration within the European Union and Beyond, Routledge 2018, 73-96

 

  1. (2018) “Stând pe picioroange: interpretări filosofice ale Convenţiei Europene a Drepturilor Omului” (“Standing upon Stilts: Philosophical Interpretations of the European Convention on Human Rights,” with Kriszta Kovács)

In Valer Dorneanu, Mihai Poalelungi (eds) Preeminenţa dreptului şi controlul de constituţionalitate între tradiţie şi modernitate, Bucureşti, Editura Hamangiu, 2018, 153-165

 

  1. (2018) “Standing upon Stilts: Philosophical Interpretations of the European Convention on Human Rights” (with Kriszta Kovács)

In Iulia Motoc, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Krzysztof Wojtyczek (eds) New Developments in Constitutional Law: Essays in Honour of András Sajó, The Hague, Eleven, 2018, 239-258

 

  1. (2017) “Authoritarianism”

In Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum (eds) Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law, Oxford, Max Planck Foundation and Oxford UP, 1-15

 

  1. (2017) “Illiberal Rule of Law? Changing Features of Hungarian Constitutionalism”

In M. Adams, E.H. Ballin, A. Meuwese (eds.), Bridging Idealism and Realism in Constitutionalism and Rule of Law, Cambridge UP, 386-415

 

  1. (2016) “The Role of East-Central European Constitutional Courts in Democratic Transition: A Pyrrhic Victory?”

In Cheng-Yi Huan (ed.): Constitutionalizing Transitional Justice, International Symposium Materials, Taipei, Academia Sinica

 

  1. (2015) “Hungary’s Constitutional Transformation from a Central-European Comparative Perspective”

In H. Glaser (ed) Norms, Interests, and Values – Consent and Conflict in the Constitutional Basic Order, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 129-188

 

  1. (2014) “Hungary”

In Besselink, L., Bovend’Eert, P., Broeksteeg, H., de Lange, R., Voermans, W. (eds.), Constitutional Law of the EU Member States, Kluwer, 773-835

 

  1. (2014) “Herbert Hart és a bíró morális felelőssége” [“Herbert Hart and Moral Responsibility of Judges”]

In Herbert Hart jogtudománya kritikai kontextusban [Jurisprudence of Herbert Hart in Critical Context], Budapest, ELTE Eötvös, 393-412

 

  1. (2013) “Aufstieg und Krise: Wirkung der deutschen Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit auf Ungarn”

In Boulanger, C., Wrase, M. (eds) Politik des Verfassungsrechts, Berlin, Nomos, 317-342 (with K. Kovács)

 

  1. (2013) “Migration of Rights: The US Supreme Court Case of Schwimmer versus Hungary”

In The Possible, Essays in Honor of János Kis, Bratislava, Kalligram Press, 312-329 (with K. Kovás)

 

  1. (2012) “Alkotmánybíróság: a súlytalanság állapotában?” [“A Weightless Constitutional Court?”]

In Alaptörvény és/vagy jogállam [Basic Law and/or Rule of Law], Budapest, Freedom and Reform Institute, 28-35

 

  1. (2012) “Jogok, kritika igazságosság” [“Rights, Critique, and Justice”]

In Csehi, Z., Schanda, B., Sonnevend, P. (eds.), Viva Vox Iuris Civilis. Essays in Honor of  László Sólyom, Budapest, Szent István Társulat, 580-592

 

  1. (2012) “Bizalom és bizalmatlanság egyensúlya az alkotmányos struktúrákban” [“The Equilibrium of Trust and Distrust in Constitutional Structures”]

In Muraközy, L. (ed.), A bizalmatlanság hálójában. A magyar beteg [In the Net of Distrust: The Hungarian Patient], Budapest, Corvina, 82-101

 

  1. (2010) “Private life of Mr M.: The case of Re Guardian and others in HM Treasury v Mohammed Jabar Ahmed”

In A személyiség burkai [The Surface of Personality], Budapest Eötvös Károly Institute, 33-50 (with K. Kovács)

 

  1. (2011) “Rendszerváltások idején” [“Constitutional Regime Changes”]

In Majtényi, L., Szabó, M.D. (eds.), Az elveszejtett alkotmány [A Demolished Constitution] Budapest, L’Harmattan, 171-175

 

  1. (2009) “Fundamental Rights in the Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court”

In Paczolay, P. (ed.), Twenty Years of the Hungarian Constitution, Budapest, HCC, 41-97 (with K. Kovács)

 

  1. (2009) “A személyi szabadsághoz való jog” [“Right to Personal Liberty”]

In Jakab, A. (ed.), Az Alkotmány kommentárja [A Commentary on the Constitution], (Budapest, Századvég, 1995-2043

 

  1. (2009) “Az alapjogok ütközésének rivális felfogásai” [“Rival Conceptions of Constitutional Balancing”]

In Ficsor, K., Győrfi, T., Szabó, M. (eds.), Jogosultságok – Elmélet és gyakorlat [Rights: Theory and Practice], Miskolc, Bíbor, 235-244

 

  1. (2009) “Az alkotmány változó társadalmi gyakorlata” [“Changing Constitutional Interpretation”]

In Majtényi, L., Szabó, M.D. (eds.), Mi fenyegeti a köztársaságot? [“What Threatens the Republic?”], Budapest: EKINT, 31-36

 

  1. (2009) “A szólástilalom közvetlen veszélye” [“Clear and Present Danger of Free Speech Restrictions”]

In Kocsis, M., Zeller, J. (eds.), A köztársasági alkotmány 20 éve [20 Years of the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary], Pécs, PAMA, 203-218

 

  1. (1998) “Közegészségügyi célú adatkezelés és az AIDS” [“Protecting Medical Data and the AIDS”]

In Közérdekű iratok, adatok és az állampolgár, Budapest: BFL, 21-29

 

  1. (2007) “The Bitter Pills of Political Transition”

In Jakab, A., Takács, P., Tatham A. (eds.), The Transformation of the Hungarian Legal Order 1985-2005, Kluwer Law International, 281-286

 

  1. (1997) “The Case Law of the Hungarian Constitutional Court”

In Fridli, J., Tóth, G.A., (eds) Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Budapest: HCLU, 97-109

 

 

Articles in peer reviewed journals

(selection, in English, German, Portuguese, Romanian and Hungarian)

 

 

(2024) Túl a formalizmuson [Beyond formalism]

Fundamentum, 2024/1. 49-56

 

(2023) “Constitutional Review as a Democratic Instrument”

Review of Central and East European Law, Vol. 48. No. 3-4, 2023, 473-489 (with Kriszta Kovács)

 

 

(2023) “Marcos constitucionais do autoritarismo”

Revista Juridicidade Constitucional e Democracia, Vol 1, No 1, 219-255

 

(2022) “Review of András Sajó, Ruling by Cheating: Governance in Illiberal Democracy”

International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 20, Issue 5 2074–2079 (with Kriszta Kovács)

 

(2022) “Az alkotmányos demokrácia oldalán: A nyolcvanéves Sólyom László életművéről” [An analysis of the works and judgments of Chief Justice László Sólyom]

BUKSZ Budapesti Könyvszemle, Vol. 34. No. 2. 149-156

 

(2022) “Autokráciából demokráciába: Új alkotmányozási modellek vázlata” [From autocracy to democracy: new models of constitution-making]

Fundamentum, 1-2.,  5-22

 

(2021) “Legal preconditions for majoritarian democracy”

Zeitschrift für Politik, 69. Jg. 3., 307-322

 

(2021) “Az alkotmányosság értelme” [The Meaning of Constitutionalism]

Fundamentum, 2021. 1. 7-13 (with Kriszta Kovács)

 

(2019) “Breaking the Equilibrium: From Distrust of Representative Government To an Authoritarian Executive”

28 Washington International Law Journal 317 (2019)

 

(2019) “Constitutional Markers of Authoritarianism”

11 Hague Journal on the Rule of Law  2, 37–61

Available as Online First publication, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40803-018-0081-6

 

(2017) “Vanishing Liberties: Human Rights in Hungary”

Trajectories NL, Vol. 29. No. 1. 17-20

 

(2017) “The Authoritarian’s New Clothes: Tendencies Away from Constitutional Democracy”

The Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions, University of Oxford (The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, Wolfson College), No. 10, 1–12

 

(2017) “Constitutionalismul European: principii, criză si nasterea autoritarismului” [“European Constitutionalism: Principles, Crisis, and the Rise of Authoritarianism”]

Bulletion of the Constitutional Court of Moldova, No. 1(2) 62-82

 

(2016) “Căi constituţionale spre autocraţie? Studii de caz privind situaţiile din Ungaria şi Polonia” [“Constitutional Roads to Autocracy? Case Studies from Hungary and Poland”]

New Review of Human Rights, No. 2, 3-15

 

(2016) “Demokrácia és diktatúra között: az autoritarizmus” [“Authoritarianism: Between Democracy and Dictatorship”]

Fundamentum, Journal of Human Rights, No. 2-4, 5-18

 

(2014): “Szólásszabadság és befogadó társadalom” [“Freedom of Speech and Open Society”].

Pro Futuro, No. I, 9-32

 

(2013) “Historicism or Art Nouveau in Constitutional Interpretation?”

German Law Journal, Vol. 14, No. 8, 1615-1626.

 

(2013) “Macht statt Recht. Deformation des Verfassungssystems in Ungarn.”

Osteuropa, 63, 4, 21-28.

 

(2011) “From Uneasy Compromises to Democratic Partnership: The Prospects of Central European Constitutionalism”

European Journal of Law Reform, (13) 1, 53-69

 

(2011) “Hungary’s Constitutional Transformation”

European Constitutional Law Review, No. 7, 183-203 (with K. Kovács)

 

(2011) “Mi van, és mi legyen a magyar alkotmányjogban?” [“What Is and What Should Be in the Hungarian Constitutional Law?”]

Közjogi Szemle, No. 2, 1-5

 

(2010) “Unequal Protection: Historical Churches and Roma People in the Hungarian Constitutional Jurisprudence”

Acta Juridica Hungarica, Vol. 51. No. 2, 122-135

 

(2010) “Egy új alkotmány háttérelmélete” [“A Theory of a New Constitution”]

BUKSZ Budapest Review of Books, No. 2, 138-141

 

(2010) “A szólástilalom közvetlen veszélye” [“Clear and Present Danger of Free Speech Restrictions”]

Jogtudományi Közlöny, No. 2, 83-89

 

(2009) “A titokzatos Alkotmány, Jelentés az alkotmányértelmezés nehézségeiről [“Enigmatic Constitution. Difficulties of Constitutional Interpretation”]

Jogtudományi Közlöny, No. 9, 399-412

 

(2009)  “A szólás méltósága” [“Dignity of the Free Speech”]

Századvég, No. 48, 123-133.

 

(2005) “A személyi szabadsághoz való jog az alkotmányban” [“Constitutional Right to Liberty”]

Fundamentum, Journal of Human Rights, No. 2, 5-33

 

(2004) “Az eljárási alkotmányosság tartalma” [“The Substance of Procedural Constitutionalism”]

Fundamentum, Journal of Human Rights, No. 3, 5-33

 

(1999) “A második abortuszdöntés bírálata” [“The Second Abortion-decision”]

Fundamentum, Journal of Human Rights, No. 1, 81-91

 

(1997) Protecting Personal Data of Drug Users

Journal of the Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute, No. 8, 1-45

 

(1997) “Eutanázia: az önrendelkezési jog tágoló határai2 [“Euthanasia and the Right to Self-Determination”]

Társadalmi Szemle, No. 1, 67-79

 

(1996) “Egy nehéz eset: a könnyű halál” [“A Hard Case: Easy Death”]

Beszélő, No. 8-9. 23-31

 

(1996) “Alkotmányozó hatalom és alkotmányosság” [“Constituent Power and Constitutionalism”]

Világosság, No. 10, 44-50

 

(1996) “Az emberi jogok bírói védelme. Vázlatok az alapjogi bíráskodás megítéléséhez” [“Judicial Protection of Human Rights: Constitutional Review”]

Társadalmi Szemle, No. 7, 34-43

 

 

Podcast (in English)

 

(2020) Law Rules 7: We need to talk about Legal Education

With Attracta O’Regan; Anna Katharina Mangold; Jakub Urbanik; Lennart Kokott

Verfassungsblog — Deutscher Anwaltverein, 2020/11/04

LawRules #7: We need to talk about Legal Education

 

 

Blogposts (in English)

 

„Constitutional Judges in Emerging Autocracies”

IACL-AIDC Blog December 07, 2023 (with Kriszta Kovács)

 

(2022) Can trust in democracy return to Hungary?

Kultura Liberalna, Let Law Rule (with Kriszta Kovács)

Can trust in democracy return to Hungary?

 

(2022) The pretence of democratic procedures in Hungary

Kultura Liberalna, Let Law Rule (with Kriszta Kovács)

The pretence of democratic procedures in Hungary

 

(2022) From freedom of speech to censorship, and back

Kultura Liberalna, Let Law Rule (with Kriszta Kovács)

From freedom of speech to censorship, and back

 

(2021) Sex in the Constitution

Nederland Rechtsstaat, 2021/07/19

https://www.nederlandrechtsstaat.nl/forum/id394/19-07-2021/sex-in-the-constitution.html

 

(2019) Toward a Glorious Revolution

Verfassungsblog, 2019/12/13

Toward a Glorious Revolution

 

(2019) The Age of Constitutional Barbarism

Verfassungsblog, 2019/9/07 (with Kriszta Kovács)

The Age of Constitutional Barbarism

 

(2019) The Most Dangerous Branch: Constitutional Crisis in the Republic of Moldova

Verfassungsblog, 2019/06/17

The Most Dangerous Branch

 

(2019) Joint Symposium on ‘Towering Judges’: László Sólyom’s Constitutional Symphony for the Republic of Hungary

Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, 2019/4/4

http://www.iconnectblog.com/2019/04/joint-symposium-on-towering-judges-laszlo-solyoms-constitutional-symphony-for-the-republic-of-hungary/

 

(2018) Laws, Conventions, and Fake Constitutions

Verfassungsblog, 2018/12/7

Laws, Conventions, and Fake Constitutions

 

(2018) Constitutional Resilience and the German Grundgesetz: An Introduction

Verfassungsblog, 2018/12/6 (with Kriszta Kovács, Mattisa Kumm and Maximilian Steinbeis)

Introduction: Constitutional Resilience and the German Grundgesetz

 

(2015) Judging Fears in Refugee Crisis

Verfassungsblog, 2015/9/26,

www.verfassungsblog.de/en/judging-fears-in-refugee-crisis/

 

 

Translations

 

  1. (2017) Mattias Kumm: Miért nem demokraták a populisták? [Demokratie als verfassungsfeindlicher Topos] szuveren.hu, September 21

 

  1. (2016) Learned Hand: A szabadság szelleme [Spirit of Liberty] szuveren.hu, December 22

 

  1. (2016) Ricardo Hausmann: Futball, Brexit és mi [Football, Brexit, and Us] szuveren.hu, July 11

 

  1. (2016) Kriszta Kovács: Végtelenített rendkívüli jogrend [Hungary’s Struggle: In a Permanent State of Exception] szuveren.hu, April 10

 

  1. (2015) Wojciech Sadurski: A Kaczyński-doktrína [The Kaczyński Doctrine] szuveren.hu, January 18

 

  1. (2015) Jacques Rupnik: A másik Európa [The Other Europe] szuveren.hu, October 5

 

  1. (2015) Ian Buruma, Jó emberek, rossz, döntések [Good People, Bad Judgments] szuveren.hu, July 22

 

  1. (2015) Charles Taylor, A bevándorlás nem társadalmi csapás [Recipe for a Social Disaster] szuveren.hu, February 24

 

  1. (2014) Sascha Feuchert, Charlotte Knobloch, Kiadják-e újra a Mein Kampfot? [Should Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” be Republished?]. szuveren.hu, October 27

 

  1. (2013) Jan-Werner Müller, Be kell-e tiltani a szélsőséges pártokat? [Should Extremist Parties Be Banned?]. szuveren.hu, November 24

 

  1. (2012) James A. Goldston, Yonko Grozev, Ki fél Strasbourgtól? [Whos’s Afraid of Europe’s Human-Rights Court?]. szuveren.hu, April 18

 

  1. (2012) Kim Lane Scheppele, Félreérti-e a világ Magyarországot? [Hungary, Misunderstood?] szuveren.hu, January 27

 

  1. (2011) Christian Boulanger, Merre tart Magyarország? [Quo Vadis Hungary?] szuveren.hu, February 21

 

  1. (2011) Maximilian Steinbeis, Alkotmány alkotmányosság nélkül [Verfassung gegen Verfassungsrecht] szuveren.hu, April 6

 

  1. (2011) Jan-Werner Müller, EU-beavatkozás egy tagállam alkotmányába? [Defending Democracy Within the EU] szuveren.hu, December 22

 

  1. (2005) Susanne Baer et al., Német alkotmányjogászok felhívása a kínzás tilalmának védelmében [Aufruf zur Verteidigung des Folterverbots] Fundamentum, No. 3, 98-99 (with K. Kovács)

 

 

Teaching materials, readers (in Hungarian and English)

 

  1. (2023) Magyar alkotmányjog I. [Hungarian Constitutional Law I.]

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law, Department of Constitutional Law (co-author: F. Fazekas)

 

  1. (2022) Human Rights Protection: General Overview and Critical Approaches (Reader)

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law, Department of Constitutional Law (online)

 

  1. (2020) Equality: General overview, theoretical foundations, cases (Reader)

ELTE University, Faculty of Social Sciences, International Relations MA, Budapest (online)

 

  1. (2017) Human Rights in Constitutional Law (Reader)

European Union, Supporting the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau

 

  1. (2017) Constitutional Case-Law of the Republic of Moldova in European Comparison (Reader)

European Union, Supporting the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau

 

  1. (2016) Constitutional Interpretation (Reader)

European Union, Supporting the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau

 

  1. (2015) Human Rights Protection: General Overview and Critical Approaches (Reader)

ELTE University, Faculty of Law, Human Rights LLM, Budapest (online)

 

  1. (2015) Constitutional Interpretation (Reader)

ELTE University, Faculty of Law, Human Rights LLM, Budapest (online)

 

  1. (2015) Comparative Analysis of National Mechanisms of Human Rights Protection (Reader)

ELTE University, Faculty of Law, Human Rights LLM, Budapest (online)

 

 

Reviews

 

  1. (2019) János Kis, Constitutional democracy

Élet és Irodalom, No. 44, 21

 

  1. (2015) Dysharmonia Mundi: Eörsi István a szabadságról és a méltóságról [Dysharmonia Mundi: István Eörsi on Liberty and Dignity]

Élet és Irodalom, No. 51-52, 20

 

  1. (2015) Annette E. Dumbach and Jud Newborn, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

Élet és Irodalom, No. 20, 19

 

  1. (2015) László Majtényi, Romok ormán [Ruins of Constitutional Democracy]

Magyar Narancs, January 22, 38

 

  1. (2014) János Kis, Mi a Liberalizmus? [What is Liberalism?]

Holmi, No. 12, 1772-1776

 

  1. (2013) János Kis, Az összetorlódott idő [Political Writings]

Élet és Irodalom, No. 38, 21

 

  1. (2005) László Sólyom, Pártok és érdekszervezetek az alkotmányban [Parties and Civil Organizations in the Constitution]

BUKSZ Budapest Review of Books, No. 1, 69-72

 

 

Amicus Brief (in English)

 

(2010) Opinion on the Fundamental Law of Hungary. Amicus Brief to the Venice Commission

Arato, A., Halmai, G., Kis, J. (eds)

Princeton University, http://lapa.princeton.edu/hosteddocs/amicus-to-vc-english-final.pdf

In Hungarian: Fundamentum, No. 1 (2011), 61-77 (co-author)

 

 

Public lectures (in English and German)

 

  1. (2016) Constitutional Roads to Autocracy? Case Studies from Hungary and Poland

New York, New School, Wolff Conference Room, 28/03/2016

 

  1. (2014) Constitutional Legitimacy (Habilitation)

Debrecen, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law, 15/10/2014

 

  1. (2013) From a Constitution’s Authority to an Authoritarian Constitution? On Constitutional Transitions in Hungary

Regensburg, Graduiertenschule für Ost- und Südosteuropastudien and Institut für Ostrecht, 27/11/2013

 

  1. (2012) Missing Paragraph. Introductory Lecture at the Opening of László Rajk’s Exhibition

Berlin, Akademie der Künste, 20/01/2012

 

  1. (2011) Der fehlende Verfassungspatriotismus

Berlin, Deutsch-Ungarische Gesellschaft, Neues Stadthaus, 24/1/2011

 

 

Lectures, presentations at international conferences and workshops

(in English and German, selection)

 

  1. (2023) Torture of asylum seekers as a ‘fundamental right’. A case for two

Humboldt Universität and Princeton University, Workshop on “The Rule of Law under Threat”

Berlin, 23/07/2023 

 

  1. (2023) Franz Neumann, Behemoth: The structure and practice of National Socialism

Humboldt-Universität, Juristische Fakultät, Colloquium Öffentliches Recht und Theorie

Berlin, 1/02/2023

 

  1. (2023) Academic Freedom (comment)

ELTE TáTK, WZB Berlin, Scripts Cluster of Excellence, Academic freedom: Conceptualisation, Contestations, and Constitutional Challenges

Budapest, 9/02/2023

 

  1. (2022) Über den internen Zusammenhang von Demokratie und Rechtsstaat

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Workshop, Zwischen Ressentiment und Kritik: Common Sense im Zeitalter des Populismus

Frankfurt, 2/07/2022

 

  1. (2022) From autocracy to democracy: new models of constitution-making

University of Potsdam, 8th Conference of the AK Politics and Law of the DVPW on Autocratic Constitutionalism

Potsdam (online), 25/02/2022

 

  1. (2022) Pretence of Constitutional Democracy: Juan José Linz’s account on authoritarianism revisited

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt and University of Michigan, Common Sense Colloquia, Between Critique and Resentment: Common Sense in the Age of Populism

Frankfurt, Michigan (online), 28/01/2022

 

  1. (2021) Comment on the lectures of Andrew Arato and Claudia Heiss

Universidad del Desarrollo and European University Institute, Online Symposium on How to replace a constitution in adverse conditions?

Florence (online), 19/11/2021

 

  1. (2021) Constitutional Mechanisms of Modern Authoritarianism

Humboldt University, Lecture Series on Mobility, Activism, and Politics

Berlin (online) 27/01/2021.

  1. (2020) Constitutional simulacrum: Constitutional Courts in democracies and non-democracies

International Conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova          

Chișinău, 20/2/2020.

 

  1. (2019) Glorious Revolutions (panel discussion)

WZB — Berlin Social Science Center, Workshop “19 89 19. Thirty Years After the Round Tables”

Berlin, 27/11/2019

 

  1. (2019) Imre Kertész and Authoritarianism (panel discussion)

Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Workshop “Imre Kertész und die europäische Literatur der Gegenwart”

Berlin, 30/10/2019

 

  1. (2019) Majoritarian democracy or autocracy? Understanding a new constitutional system

École de droit de Science Po, Colloque “Le droit contre l’etat de droit,” Société française de philosophie politique et juridique

Paris, 20/6/2019

 

  1. (2019) Under and After the Rule of Lawlessness: Lessons from Franz Neumann

Princeton University, Workshop on Constitutionalism Under Stress

Princeton, 30/03/2019

 

  1. (2019) The Guardian of a Failed Constitution: Chief Justice Sólyom’s Contribution to Constitutionalism in Hungary

Chinese University of Hong Kong, “Towering Judges” Conference

Hong Kong, 25/1/2019

 

  1. (2018) Pretence of Constitutional Democracy

Nova Univerza, International Conference, “The Future of the Rule of Law and Democracy in Europe”

Ljubljana, 14/12/2018

 

  1. (2018) Laws, Conventions and Fake Constitutions

WZB — Berlin Social Science Center and Verfassungsblog, Workshop “Constitutional Resilience: How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”

Berlin, 13/11/2018

 

  1. (2018) Constitutional Markers of Authoritarianism

WZB — Berlin Social Science Center, Global Constitutionalism Colloquium

Berlin, 30/7/2018

 

  1. (2018) Disobeying an Illegitimate Government: How does a Dworkinian Approach Work?

Constitutionalism, Dissent, and Resistance — International Workshop of the Humboldt University and Princeton University Project “Constitutionalism Under Stress”

Berlin, 7/7/2018

 

  1. (2018) Chief Justices of Constitutional Courts in Democratic Transition: Roles and Models

Identity, Security, Democracy: Challenges for Public Law, ICON-S Conference, University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, 25/6/2018

 

  1. (2018) Breaking the Equilibrium: From Distrust of Representative Government To an Authoritarian Executive

Advanced Workshop on the Resurgence of Executive Primary in the Age of Populism, Academia Sinica,

Taipei, 22/6/2018

 

  1. 2018) Group Dignity and Hate Speech: Democratic and Autocratic Regulatory Models guest lecture, with Maurice Adams, Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Law

Stellenbosch, 16/4/2018

 

  1. (2018) The Markers of Authoritarianism: A Constitutional Analysis

Network Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, University of Potsdam

Potsdam, 20/2/2018

 

  1. (2017) Constitutional Adjudication in Authoritarian Regimes

“Illiberal Democracy”? Poland in Comparative, European Perspective, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford

Oxford, 4/3/2017

 

  1. (2017) Rights, NGOs and the Media

“Constitutional Justice in Democratic Societies,” International Conference, Constitutional Court of Moldova

Chisinau, 30/3/2017

 

  1. (2017) Comparative Analysis of the ECtHR Case-Law: Eweida and Others v. the United Kingdom

Constitutional and Human Rights Law, Summer School

Vadul lui Voda, 21/6/2017

 

  1. (2016) The Authoritarian’s New Clothes

“Beyond the Liberal Constitution,” Workshop, University of Oxford, Wolfson College

Oxford, 08/12/2016

 

  1. (2016) The Role of East-Central European Constitutional Courts in Democratic Transition: A Pyrrhic Victory?

“Constitutionalizing Transitional Justice,” International Symposium, Academia Sinica

Taipei, 12/11/2016

 

  1. (2016) Justice Hercules: What Do Judges Do When Facing Constitutional Issues?

Seminar for Judges, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova

Chisinau, 27/06/2016

 

  1. (2016) European Constitutional Ideas and the Rise of Authoritarianism

“European Constitutional Democracy in Peril: People, Principles, Institutions,” University of Exeter and ELTE

Budapest, 23/06/2016

 

  1. (2015) The Multifaceted Sovereign: Domestic and International Actors in Constitutional Regime Changes

University of Trento, CoPolis conference, “The Renovation of the Modern Constitution: Contemporary Constitutional Transformations in Europe“

Trento, 25/05/2015.

 

  1. (2014) Unlimited Rule by Law: Changing Features of Hungarian Constitutionalism

Tilburg University, Rule of Law Workshop, “Bridging idealism and realism in constitutionalism and rule of law”

Tilburg, 03/10/2014

 

  1. (2014) Liberalism and Democracy

Robert Bosch Academy, Workshop, “The end of liberal democracy? Perceptions from Hungary”

Berlin, 24/09/2014

 

  1. (2013) On the Origins of Schutzpflicht and its Implications, Comment on the lectures of Oliver Lepsius and Thomas Kaarlo Tuori

Central European University, The 21st Annual Conference on “The Individual vs. the State”

Budapest, 25/10/2013

 

  1. (2013) Hungary: Haw far from Liberal Democracy?

Stefan Batory Foundation, Conference “Radical Politics: Hungary, Poland, Europe”

Warsaw, 08/04/2013

 

  1. (2012) Aufstieg und Krise: Wirkung der deutschen Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit auf Ungarn

Autorenworkshop “Kampf und Konsens im Verfassungsrecht”, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

Berlin 22/09/2012

 

  1. (2012) Hungary’s Constitutional Transformation from a Central European Comparative Perspective

German–Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance and Thammasat University, Second Annual International Conference “Conflict and Consent in the Basic Constitutional Order”

Bangkok, 25/2/2012

 

  1. (2011) The Legal Status of the Embryo: Comparing Constitutional Standards

German-Hungarian Dialog on Bioethical Issues, Bioethics Research Group of the University of Debrecen, Hungarian Academy on Sciences

Debrecen, 05/11/2011

 

  1. (2011) Mission Incomplete: a Comparative Sketch of Hungarian Constitutional Jurisprudence

Humboldt-University, International conference, “Advocates or Notaries of Democracy? A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis of the Role of Constitutional Courts in Political Transformation Processes”

Berlin, 23/09/2011

 

  1. (2011) Social and Religious Pluralism in the Constitution

Universität Wien, Juridicum, “Der Kampf ums Recht”, 2. Kongress der deutschsprachigen Rechtssoziologie-Vereinigungen

Vienna, 3/09/2011

 

  1. (2011) An Enforceable Right to Health? Comment on the lectures of George Letsas and Thomas Linch, Central European University, 19th Annual Conference on “The Individual vs. the State” Budapest, 11/6/2011

 

  1. (2011) Hungarian Post-democracy?

22th Anniversary of the Gazeta Wyborcza Foundation

Warsaw, 24/5/2011

 

  1. (2011) The Hungarian Constitutional Crisis and the European Constitutional Standards

Humboldt University, Law and Society Institute

Berlin19/1/2011

  1. (2010) From Uneasy Compromises to Democratic Partnership: The Prospects of the Central European Constitutionalism

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London University, W G Hart legal workshop, Comparative Aspects on Constitutions: Theory and Practice

London, 29/07/2010

 

For a full list of publications, please visit my profile here or here.

September 2024