Jeremy McBride examines the question of the compatibility of the Fundamental law with the European Convention of Human Rights, and finds quite a few instances of potential conflict. Whether they will be declared contrary to the Convention will depend both on future interpretation given by Hungarian courts, and on procedural and evidentiary contingencies in the Strasbourg process.
Gábor Polyák in turn addresses the concept of the "public sphere" and of the media of the Hungarian Constitutional Court as it is manifest in its jurisprudence, and compares it with findings of the social sciences on the same issue.
Anna Unger provides a comparative analysis of the generality of the right to vote, with special regard to voter registration, taking into account also the decision of the Hungarian Constitutional Court which annulled that newly introduced institution from Hungarian electoral law.
Péter Kállai analyses the paradoxical regulation of voting rights and representation of members of the cultural and of the political nation under the emerging regime of the new constitution, and contrasts it with the perspective of constitutional patriotism.
We have asked political analysts to comment on the most pressing issues concerning the reframed Hungarian electoral system.
Péter Sólyom interviews Gábor Attila Tóth about the possibilities of a common Hungarian constitutional scholarly discourse, the new book on the Fundamental Law edited by him, and the prospects of Hungarian constitutionalism in general.
Lídia Balogh, Henriett Dinók and András L. Pap examine the challenges of regulating hate crimes and the practice of law enforcement in this regard.
In this column summaries of some of the recent decisions of the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights are presented. ■
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