Leonardo Puleo, Ramona Coman, “Explaining Judges’ Opposition When Judicial Independence Is Undermined: Insights from Poland, Romania, and Hungary.” Democratization, vol. 31, no. 1 (2023): 47–69. Summary: Over the past decade, governing parties in Central and …
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Halmai, Kovács (2025): “All Quiet in the Judiciary: Low Voice of Hungarian Judges and the Role of European Courts.”
Gábor Halmai, Ágnes Kovács. “All Quiet in the Judiciary: Low Voice of Hungarian Judges and the Role of European Courts.” In Freedom of Expression of Judges: European and National Perspectives. Edited by Federica Casaroca, Mohor …
Driesen (2021), “The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power.”
David M. Driesen, The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power. Redwood City: Stanford University Press, 2021. Summary: In The Specter of Dictatorship, David Driesen analyzes the chief executive’s role in the democratic decline of …
Hanelt, Vincze (2025), “Managing Courts in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes: Co-Optation, Repression and Resistance in Hungary.”
Etienne Hanelt and Attila Vincze,“Managing Courts In Competitive Authoritarian Regimes: Co-Optation, Repression And Resistance In Hungary.” Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (2025): 1-20. Summary: This chapter investigates how attorneys, particularly judges, navigate judicial backsliding in Hungary’s competitive …
Cheruvu, Khehbiel (2025), “Do Citizens in Backsliding Democracies Support International Courts’ Judicial Power? Evidence from Hungary.”
Sivaram Cheruvu and Jay N. Krehbiel, “Do Citizens in Backsliding Democracies Support International Courts’ Judicial Power? Evidence from Hungary.” Journal of Law and Courts, vol. 13, no. 1 (2025): 148–65. Summary: International courts are increasingly …
Gandur, Chewning, Driscoll (2025), “Awareness of Executive Interference and the Demand for Judicial Independence: Evidence from Four Constitutional Courts.”
Martín Gandur, Taylor Kinsley Chewning, and Amanda Driscoll, “Awareness of Executive Interference and the Demand for Judicial Independence: Evidence from Four Constitutional Courts.” Journal of Law and Courts, vol. 13, no. 1 (2025): 122–47. Summary: …
Szente (2021), “Stepping Into the Same River Twice? Judicial Independence in Old and New Authoritarianism.”
Zoltán Szente, “Stepping Into the Same River Twice? Judicial Independence in Old and New Authoritarianism.” German Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 7 (2021): 1316–26. Summary: The study seeks to answer the question of whether there …
Gyöngyi (2024), “The Role of Judicial Associations in Resisting Rule of Law Backsliding: Hidden Pathways of Protecting Judicial Independence Amidst Rule of Law Decay”
Petra Gyöngyi, “The Role of Judicial Associations in Resisting Rule of Law Backsliding: Hidden Pathways of Protecting Judicial Independence Amidst Rule of Law Decay.” International Journal of the Law in Context (UK), vol. 20, no. …
Jakab (2020), “Informal Institutional Elements as Both Preconditions and Consequences of Effective Formal Legal Rules: The Failure of Constitutional Institution Building in Hungary”
An analysis of the role of Hungarian lawyers who are blind and to a certain extent, also defenseless against recent authoritarian tendencies.