{"title":"Judicial appointments to the court of justice of the European Union","authors":"Camilla Cordelli","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.54.2013.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.54.2013.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"The methods to come to judicial appointments can be various and they can be distinguished depending on how different actors interact in the process. Looking at these systems is important as they reveal much about the judicial body itself and the role they perform within a specific legal framework. In this essay the author aims to consider what can be behind the norms contained in the treaties governing the European Union’s judicial institutions and to cast some light on what the judicial appointment process can tell about the role performed by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the European context. Such topic has not received massive attention by scholars but yet it assumes great importance considering the vital impact of the rulings of the Court of Justice and the widespread demand for independent and impartial judiciaries. In examining the topic, the author takes into consideration the current rules for judicial appointments set out in the treaties, the newly created panel in charge with the...","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131776968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The first Hungarian-Italian comparative Law Workshop (Budapest, 11 June 2012)","authors":"Katalin Kelemen, B. Fekete","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.54.2013.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.54.2013.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126305551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Property on bodily parts, dignity and sovereignty: Some comparative reflections on the English and Italian law of organ transplantations","authors":"S. Biondi","doi":"10.1556/AJur.54.2013.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJur.54.2013.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims at giving an account of the status quo of English and Italian law on the complex issue of the legal status of human biological materials, with particular reference to the regulation of organ transplantations. It will begin by arguing that a proprietary framework for bodily parts is not, as some maintain, necessarily incompatible with the respect of human dignity; it will then describe how the law “escapes” this hard issue by separately addressing specific questions rather than using a comprehensive approach; it will conclude by describing how comparative law can be useful to deconstruct existing legal categories and forge new ones.","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123202864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The capacity of the Catholic Church’s legal order for international relations","authors":"Miklós Rónay","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"The active participation in the life of the international community of the Holy See is natural. As it comes from its nature, vocation and aim, the Holy See acts on behalf of the world-wide spread Catholic Church. Most of its bilateral diplomatic relations and international treaties are about the relations between a certain state and the local part of the Church. The Holy See is able to exert international activity in the name of the universal Church and for the benefit of it in such way that its acts are complied with the rules of the international law.It can be read in the manuals of the international law that the Holy See is a sui generis subject of the international law. It can hardly be explained for the international law that the Holy See acts in face of “external entities” in the name of the universal Church and on behalf of it. This function is either not mentioned or it is seen as “a tradition” in the manuals of the international law. It can also happen that this function is viewed as a kind of co...","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122665977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Philosophising on law under the ambrella of marxism in Hungary","authors":"C. Varga","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"From amongst legal theories of Socialisms’ Marxism, Hungarian scholarship played a rather balancing role all along. Characterised by dialogue and successful mediation, it strove to take a middle-of-the-road stance within the Socialist orbit. It took the professional requirements of scholarship rather seriously within the bounds of feasibility at varying times. Under restrictive conditions and despite ideological dictates, it filled a fermentative role. All in all, it made both (1) the sociological approach and (2) the historico-comparative perspective accepted in the Socialist world by transcending legal positivism and especially “Socialist normativism”, on the one hand, and by breaking out from domestic/regional self-seclusion, on the other. Moreover, it (3) introduced the ontological perspective, built upon the epistemological perspective, exclusive till then, and thereby it could attribute ontic significance to the self-explanation and self-representation of different legal cultures, usually treated as...","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"176 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134143898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Hungarian constitutional court in transition — from actio popularis to constitutional complaint","authors":"Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.3","url":null,"abstract":"In Hungary, the year 2012 brought a significant change in constitutional review. With modifying the competencies of the Constitutional Court, the Basic Law introduced three types of constitutional complaints and abolished actio popularis. Actio popularis was a well-functioning legal instrument in Hungarian law since the political transition of 1989–1990. Up until January 2012 anyone could request the abstract ex post facto constitutional review of a law or regulation. Unlike the former actio popularis, the essence of the new system of constitutional complaints is to have standing requirements for the complainants. Furthermore, new types of complaints are designed to defend constitutionality against personal injuries caused by ordinary courts as well. The article aims to describe actio popularis and constitutional complaints with regard to possible comparison of weaknesses and strong points. The author argues that regarding its effectiveness the new system do not yet provide a complete substitution for act...","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126807546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable development and common commercial policy","authors":"Balázs Horváthy","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126117323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International law and dual nationality of Hungarians living outside the borders","authors":"Mónika Ganczer","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.4.4","url":null,"abstract":"According to the recent amendment of the Hungarian Citizenship Act, Hungarians living outside the borders can acquire an additional nationality, and become dual or multiple nationals. The study ana...","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128995443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Choice-of-Law in the Internet Age-US and European Rules","authors":"Tamás Dezső Czigler","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"With use of the Internet, a new form of contract has appeared: the electronic contract, which is concluded online. Most of these involve a relationship of two parties: a consumer who is in a relatively vulnerable position, and a business entity. There are numerous examples of such transactions: youngsters downloading music from a website and paying for it-as they would in a music store. Many physical goods can also be purchased online-e.g. even though they live in Europe, the authors of this article regularly purchase books from the US. There are numerous ways such transactions can take place: one of the most obvious ways is buying goods on Amazon or eBay, on the website of a company, or purchasing goods using e-mail communication. The article attempts to summarize the choice of law rules affecting electronic contracts in the US and in Europe-i.e. to give an overview of which country’s or state’s law would apply to a contract concluded online, what the limits are on such a transaction and which state’s la...","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116377185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The rule of law in the EU: Understandings, development and challenges","authors":"L. D. Hertog","doi":"10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/AJUR.53.2012.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the development and particular nature of the rule of law in the European Union against the background of the wider legal and political theoretical debate on the principle. It hence analyses the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU and the Treaty revisions on the rule of law. It argues that the principle has developed greatly since the first mention of it in the case law of the Court and contends that the principle has a particular focus in the EU on judicial protection in light of human rights. Nonetheless it is hard to apply the dichotomies running through the debates in legal and political theory to the development of the principle in the EU; an idiosyncratic mix of features seems to emerge. Moreover, this article also takes the case study of the external dimension of migration control to assess the current challenges to the rule of law in the EU. It thereby uncovers ways of working in the EU that are hard to reconcile with the rule of law requirements.","PeriodicalId":284706,"journal":{"name":"Acta Juridica Hungarica","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134252894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}