Tag: Hungary
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Sophie Duxson and Greg Weeks: A Constitutional crisis or just the work of a sovereign Parliament?: The case of Hungary
On 1 January 2012, a new Constitution (or Fundamental Law) took effect in the Central European state of Hungary. From even before that date, there has been considerable international comment to the effect that the governing Fidesz party, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has misused its parliamentary majority to pass laws which have laid…