Gábor Halmai
Biographic Data
| ID | 4115091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gábor Halmai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gábor |
| FAMILY NAME | Halmai |
| SIGNATURE | HALMAI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9472-5819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Liberal Democracy to Illiberal Populist Autocracy
The paper looks for the main reasons of how was the Hungarian government of the Fidesz Party lead by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán able to within 13 years undermine the independent checks on their power so that it could convert what had looked like a stable but imperfect democracy into an autocracy? After listing the most obvious reasons the paper looks particularly at, how much is the way of a mostly elite-driven democratic transition using the to…
Carl Schmitt and Democratic Backsliding
Carl Schmitt has been an inspiration to theorists and ideologues both on the right and on the left. On the left, for instance, Chantal Mouffe (1997) has been at pains to develop a deradicalized version of Schmitt’s friend–enemy distinction to legitimize her agonistic politics of productive and democratic conflict. On the right, conservative voices such as Adrian Vermeule use Schmitt to highlight the limitations of liberalism, proclaim the relevan…
Towards an Unbound Presidential Power
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Anti-Constitutional Populism
Human Dignity and Democracy in Europe
Publication Date: 17 March 2022
Does Illiberal Democracy Exist?
Published online: 26 August 2021
Rights Revolution and Counter-Revolution
The Article discusses the democratic backsliding after 2010 in Hungary, and how it affected the state of human rights in the country, a Member State of the European Union. The main argument of the Article is that paradoxically the non-legitimate 1989 constitution provided full-fledged protection of fundamental rights, while the procedurally legitimate 2011 constitution-making resulted in curtailment of rights and their constitutional guarantees. …
Hungary’s Illiberal Turn
Hungary’s Illiberal Turn
Hungary’s 2010 election brought to power a Fidesz parliamentary supermajority led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In just two years, they have fundamentally changed the constitutional order of Hungary. The current government now has very few checks on its own power, but the new constitutional order permits the governing party to lodge its loyalists in crucial long-term positions with veto power over what future governments might do. As a result, …
Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments
Headlines of Nation, Subtexts of Class
Since 1989 neo-nationalism has grown as a volatile political force in almost all European societies in tandem with the formation of a neoliberal European Union and wider capitalist globalizations. Focusing on working classes situated in long-run localized processes of social change, including processes of dispossession and disenfranchisement, this volume investigates how the experiences, histories, and relationships of social class are a necessar…
The Feast of Solidarity
The Feast of Solidarity
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
Hungary
Free Speech in the New Hungarian Constitutional Practice
The paper examines the jurisprudence of the Hungarian Constitutional Court in the area of freedom of expression. The Hungarian court, which began its work immediately after the political transformation on 1 January 1990, is the most active institution implementing the Austriarr-German type of judicial review in the Central East European countries. The author, who was for seven years chief adviser to the president of the Court, attempts to analyze…
Regeneration of Civil Society in Hungary
Amid the stormy political events of 1988‐89, Hungary took a turn toward becoming a constitutional state and moved in the direction of re‐establishing the rule of law and having a real constitution.The process of establishing the rule of law began with the recodification, adopted in January 1989, of the right of assembly and association. This right must be understood in the context of the extremely fast paced regeneration of civil society. Analogo…
Hungary’s Illiberal Turn
Hungary’s 2010 election brought to power a Fidesz parliamentary supermajority led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In just two years, they have fundamentally changed the constitutional order of Hungary. The current government now has very few checks on its own power, but the new constitutional order permits the governing party to lodge its loyalists in crucial long-term positions with veto power over what future governments might do. As a result, …
Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments
Rights Revolution and Counter-Revolution
The Article discusses the democratic backsliding after 2010 in Hungary, and how it affected the state of human rights in the country, a Member State of the European Union. The main argument of the Article is that paradoxically the non-legitimate 1989 constitution provided full-fledged protection of fundamental rights, while the procedurally legitimate 2011 constitution-making resulted in curtailment of rights and their constitutional guarantees. …
Free Speech in the New Hungarian Constitutional Practice
The paper examines the jurisprudence of the Hungarian Constitutional Court in the area of freedom of expression. The Hungarian court, which began its work immediately after the political transformation on 1 January 1990, is the most active institution implementing the Austriarr-German type of judicial review in the Central East European countries. The author, who was for seven years chief adviser to the president of the Court, attempts to analyze…
Regeneration of Civil Society in Hungary
Amid the stormy political events of 1988‐89, Hungary took a turn toward becoming a constitutional state and moved in the direction of re‐establishing the rule of law and having a real constitution.The process of establishing the rule of law began with the recodification, adopted in January 1989, of the right of assembly and association. This right must be understood in the context of the extremely fast paced regeneration of civil society. Analogo…
Free Speech in the New Hungarian Constitutional Practice
The paper examines the jurisprudence of the Hungarian Constitutional Court in the area of freedom of expression. The Hungarian court, which began its work immediately after the political transformation on 1 January 1990, is the most active institution implementing the Austriarr-German type of judicial review in the Central East European countries. The author, who was for seven years chief adviser to the president of the Court, attempts to analyze…
Hungary
The Feast of Solidarity
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
The Feast of Solidarity
Headlines of Nation, Subtexts of Class
Since 1989 neo-nationalism has grown as a volatile political force in almost all European societies in tandem with the formation of a neoliberal European Union and wider capitalist globalizations. Focusing on working classes situated in long-run localized processes of social change, including processes of dispossession and disenfranchisement, this volume investigates how the experiences, histories, and relationships of social class are a necessar…
Hungary’s Illiberal Turn
Hungary’s 2010 election brought to power a Fidesz parliamentary supermajority led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In just two years, they have fundamentally changed the constitutional order of Hungary. The current government now has very few checks on its own power, but the new constitutional order permits the governing party to lodge its loyalists in crucial long-term positions with veto power over what future governments might do. As a result, …
Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments
Hungary’s Illiberal Turn
Rights Revolution and Counter-Revolution
The Article discusses the democratic backsliding after 2010 in Hungary, and how it affected the state of human rights in the country, a Member State of the European Union. The main argument of the Article is that paradoxically the non-legitimate 1989 constitution provided full-fledged protection of fundamental rights, while the procedurally legitimate 2011 constitution-making resulted in curtailment of rights and their constitutional guarantees. …
Does Illiberal Democracy Exist?
Published online: 26 August 2021
Towards an Unbound Presidential Power
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Anti-Constitutional Populism
Human Dignity and Democracy in Europe
Publication Date: 17 March 2022
Carl Schmitt and Democratic Backsliding
Carl Schmitt has been an inspiration to theorists and ideologues both on the right and on the left. On the left, for instance, Chantal Mouffe (1997) has been at pains to develop a deradicalized version of Schmitt’s friend–enemy distinction to legitimize her agonistic politics of productive and democratic conflict. On the right, conservative voices such as Adrian Vermeule use Schmitt to highlight the limitations of liberalism, proclaim the relevan…
From Liberal Democracy to Illiberal Populist Autocracy
The paper looks for the main reasons of how was the Hungarian government of the Fidesz Party lead by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán able to within 13 years undermine the independent checks on their power so that it could convert what had looked like a stable but imperfect democracy into an autocracy? After listing the most obvious reasons the paper looks particularly at, how much is the way of a mostly elite-driven democratic transition using the to…
Law (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Politics (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Constitution (6 works) · Democracy (6 works) · History (6 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works)