Making a constitution is about making political identity and creating political community. This paper investigates how the Hungarian Fundamental Law (entered into force in 2012) and its amendments have been based on constant enemy creation. In the first section, the theoretical framework of enemy- and identity construction of the Orbán…

We are extremely pleased to announce that the OUP accepted our first book resulting from the conference and a series of workshops for publication! The book should be published (open access) in 2022. You can find the draft table of contents here (pdf) and the  introduction here (pdf).

What is it that European constitutional scholars are, and should be, pursuing? The noble answer would be: knowledge, as all scholars do. However, they do much more, undoubtedly because of the nature of their discipline. Lawyers have always been close to power. This has consequences for the way they conduct their…