17 June 2025
Beyond Legal Restoration
A recently published proposal by former Constitutional Court judge Béla Pokol, appearing in the pro-government newspaper Magyar Nemzet, suggests introducing a new emergency regime designed to defend Hungary’s illiberal system against potential re-democratization efforts by a future government. Together with international criticism of Poland’s judicial reform in its process of democratic renewal, this reveals a profound dilemma: traditional legal formalism may no longer serve the needs of constitutional recovery. This post advocates for a post-formalist approach to democratic reconstruction.
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