The Protection of Constitutional Identity in Some East-Central European Countries

Nagy Gellért

doi:10.25167/osap.5382

Published: 2024-12-12

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2024)

The Protection of Constitutional Identity in Some East-Central European Countries

Nagy Gellért

The Opole Studies in Administration and Law

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.5382

Abstract

Constitutional identity is, in its essence, an expression of the fundamental constitutional values of a state. The protection of all these values is of paramount importance, both in domestic law and in the relationship between eU law and national constitutions. While the former can be linked with the concept of unconstitutional amendments to the
Constitution, the latter has resulted in the development of identity control. This contribution aims to examine these two aspects of constitutional identity in the case of seven east-Central european countries (romania, the Czech republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary). although what constitutes part of a state’s constitutional identity varies from nation to nation, one can notice that certain values, such as the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms are broadly embedded. This contribution seeks to focus on all these similarities and differences through a comparison of the constitutional identities of
the states under examination.

Keywords:

constitutional identity, eternity clause, unconstitutional constitutional amendments

Download files

PDF

Citation rules

Gellért, N. (2024). The Protection of Constitutional Identity in Some East-Central European Countries. The Opole Studies in Administration and Law, 22(2), 123–140. https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.5382

Cited by / Share

Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

References

Constitution of romania
Google Scholar

Constitution of the Czech republic
Google Scholar

Constitution of Hungary
Google Scholar

Decision No. 683/2012, Constitutional Court of romania, published in Official Gazette No. 479/2012.
Google Scholar

Decision No. 64/2015, Constitutional Court of romania, published in Official Gazette No. 286/2015.
Google Scholar

Decision No. 137/2019, Constitutional Court of romania, published in Official Gazette No. 295/2019.
Google Scholar

Decision No. 390/2021, Constitutional Court of romania, published in Official Gazette No. 612/2021.
Google Scholar

Decision U-VIIr-164/2014, Constitutional Court of Croatia.
Google Scholar

Pl. ÚS 19/08: treaty of lisbon I., Constitutional Court of the Czech republic.
Google Scholar

Pl. ÚS 5/12: Slovak Pensions, Constitutional Court of the Czech republic.
Google Scholar

Judgment of 24 November 2010 – ref. No. K 32/09, Constitutional tribunal of Poland.
Google Scholar

Decision 33/2012. (VII. 17.) aB on legal status and remuneration of judges, Constitutional
Google Scholar

Decision 22/2016. (XII. 5.) aB on the Interpretation of article e) (2) of the Fundamental law, Constitutional Court of Hungary.
Google Scholar

Decision 32/2021. (XII. 20.) aB with regard to interpreting the Fundamental law, Constitutional Court of Hungary.
Google Scholar

Decision 2/2019. (III. 5.) aB with regard to interpreting the Fundamental law, Constitutional Court of Hungary.
Google Scholar

Blutman, lászló. 2017. Szürkületi zóna: az alaptörvény és az uniós jog viszonya. Közjogi Szemle 10(1): 2–14.
Google Scholar

Drinóczi, tímea. 2020. Constitutional Identity in europe: The Identity of the Constitution. a regional approach. German Law Journal 21(2): 105–130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2020.1
Google Scholar

Guțan, Manuel. 2023. Curtea Constituțioanlă a româniei în căutarea identității (constituționale) pierdute. In: După 30 de ani: justiția constituțională în România, (eds.)
Google Scholar

Bogdan Dima, Vlad Perju, 251–271. București: editura Humanitas.
Google Scholar

Iancu, Bogdan. 2023. Pe aici nu se trece! Identitate și prioritate la București – Varșovia –Karlsruhe – roma – Madrid – luxemburg. In: După 30 de ani: justiția constituțională în România, (eds.) Bogdan Dima, Vlad Perju, 272–296. București: editura Humanitas.
Google Scholar

Jacobsohn, Gary J. 2013. az alkotmányos identitás változásai. Fundamentum 17 (1): 5–16.
Google Scholar

lupu, andrei-răzvan. 2022. Constituția și dreptul Uniunii Europene. București: editura C.H. Beck.
Google Scholar

Martonyi, János. 2021. Nemzet és Európa. Emlékirat helyett. Budapest: ludovika egyetemi Kiadó.
Google Scholar

Mathieu, Bertrand. 2022. Constitutional Identity. In: International Law from a Central European Perspective, (ed.) anikó raisz, 21–39. Miskolc–Budapest: Cea Publishing. DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.54171/2022.ar.ilfcec_2
Google Scholar

54171/2022.ar.ilfcec.
Google Scholar

Mázi, andrás. 2023. Procedural and substantive limitations on constitutional amendments. In: The Character of Legislative Process Adopted to Amend the Constitution, (ed.) Balázs Schanda, 9-48. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Wymiaru Sprawiedliwosci.
Google Scholar

Balázs, Ágnes. történeti alkotmány. Közszolgálati Online Lexikon, https://lexikon.uni-nke.
Google Scholar

hu/szocikk/torteneti-alkotmany/.rosenfeld, Michel. 1995. Identity of the Constitutional Subject. Cardozo Law Review 1995 (16): 1049–1109.
Google Scholar

Orbán, endre. 2020. Alkotmányos identitás az Európai Unióban. Budapest: társadalomtu dományi Kutatóközpont Jogtudományi Intézete.
Google Scholar

Petric, Davor. 2020. The Concept of “Dignity” in Jurisprudence of the Croatian Constitutional Court: european Perspective. Pravni Vjesnik 36(2): 101–141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25234/pv/9688
Google Scholar

Sajó, andrás, and renáta Uitz. 2019. A szabadság alkotmánya. Bevezetés a jogi alkotmányosságba. Budapest: HVG-OraC lap- és Könyvkiadó.
Google Scholar

Stumpf, István. 2020. Alkotmányos hatalomgyakorlás és alkotmányos identitás. Budapest: Gondolat Kiadó – társadalomtudományi Kutatóközpont.
Google Scholar

Sven, Simon. 2021. Constitutional Identity and Ultra Vires review in Germany. Central European Journal of Comparative Law 2(1): 185–205. DOI: 10.47078/2021.1.185-205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47078/2021.1.185-205
Google Scholar

Szakály, Zsuzsa. 2020. two Sides of the Same Coin: Internal and external Protection of the Material Core of the Constitution – The eternity Clauses as the Internal Protection. In: Collection of Papers from the International Academic Conference 6 th–7th February
Google Scholar

The Rule of Law as a Part of the Material Core of the Constitution, (eds.) andrea Szakács, tibor Hlinka, 7–18. Bratislava: Comenius University Faculty of law.
Google Scholar

Szakály, Zsuzsa. 2022. Constitution-making and the Permanence of the Constitution. In: Comparative Constitutionalism in Central Europe: Analysis on Certain Central and East DOI: https://doi.org/10.54171/2022.lcslt.ccice_11
Google Scholar

European Countries, (eds.) lóránt Csink, lászló trócsányi, 199–222. Miskolc–Budapest: Cea Publishing. DOI: 10.54171/2022.lcslt.ccice. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54171/2022.lcslt.ccice
Google Scholar

tribl, Norbert. 2022. Constitutional Values and Constitutional Identity in National Constitutions. In: Comparative Constitutionalism in Central Europe: Analysis on Certain DOI: https://doi.org/10.54171/2022.lcslt.ccice_12
Google Scholar

Central and East European Countries, (eds.) lóránt Csink, lászló trócsányi, 199–222.
Google Scholar

Miskolc–Budapest: Cea Publishing. DOI: 10.54171/2022.lcslt.ccice trócsányi, lászló. 2014. Az alkotmányozás dillemmái. Alkotmányos identitás és európai integráció. Budapest: HVG-Orac lap- és Könyvkiadó.
Google Scholar

Varga Zs., andrás. 2018. az alkotmánybíróságok szerepe a nemzeti/alkotmányos önazon osság védelmében. Iustum Aequum Salutare 14(2): 21–28.
Google Scholar

Varga, attila. 2019. Identitatea constituțională națională – sursă de conflicte sau de soluții?
Google Scholar

Unele aspecte doctrinare și jurisprudențiale. In: In honorem Ioan Muraru. Despre constituțiile în mileniul III, (eds.) Ștefan Deaconu, elena-Simina tănăsescu, 441–467.
Google Scholar

București: editura Hamangiu. Zétényi, Zsolt. 2023. a magyar örökkévalósági klauzula: az állami és nemzeti függetlenség. Hitel 36(3): 61–88.
Google Scholar