Constitutional Law & Governance
Changes of the Hungarian Local Government System...
Local government; municipal autonomy; local democracy; administrative supervision; local elections; public services
The article examines the transformation of Hungary’s local-government system, focusing on local democracy, municipal autonomy, elections, administrative supervision, and the redistribution of public functions. It argues that the reforms strengthened central influence while creating practical and legal difficulties in local decision-making, financing, and public-service provision.
CSÖRGITS, LAJOS
1867: Two Constitutional Tales on Minority Nationalism...
Comparative constitutional law; minority nationalism; Austro-Hungarian Compromise; British North America Act; federalism; multiculturalism
The article compares the Austro-Hungarian Compromise and the British North America Act as constitutional responses to minority nationalism in multi-ethnic political communities. It explains Canada’s greater constitutional durability through federal accommodation, territorial clarity, and judicial interpretation, while examining the failure of the Dual Monarchy to reconcile competing national claims.
PAKSY, MÁTÉ
Critical Junctures in the Evolution of British Party Politics...
1997 general election; New Labour; Westminster party system; electoral pluralisation; devolution; party competition
The article analyses the 1997 British general election as a critical juncture that produced Labour dominance while accelerating the long-term pluralisation of party competition. It examines New Labour, electoral disproportionality, devolution, European Parliament elections, and the widening gap between voter preferences and Westminster representation.
KASZAP, MÁRTON
Protocol No. 16 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights...
Protocol No. 16; European Court of Human Rights; advisory opinions; judicial dialogue; human rights; preliminary rulings
The article examines the advisory-opinion procedure introduced by Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights. It analyses its procedural operation, its potential contribution to judicial dialogue and domestic human-rights protection, and its relationship with the preliminary-ruling procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
DEÁK, BEÁTA
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