András Jakab

University of Salzburg

Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law

Kapitelgasse 5-7.

Salzburg, 5020

Austria

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1.

Hibrid rezsimből jogállamba (From a Hybrid Regime into the Rule of Law)

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Feb 2022
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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democratic backsliding; transition to the rule of law; Kelsenian revolution; Radbruch; hybrid regime; natural law; populism; illiberalism; Hungary; Poland

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Concept and Function of Principles. A Critique of Robert Alexy

ON THE NATURE OF LEGAL PRINCIPLES (ARSP BEIHEFT No. 119), pp. 145-159, Martin Borowski, ed., Stuttgart: Steiner, 2009
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2011
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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principles, Robert Alexy, rules, norms, legal theory

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German Legal Hegemony?

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2020-43, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 687
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 11 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2020
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Hertie School of Governance, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Michigan Law School, University of Bucharest, University of Salzburg, University of Barcelona, European Court of Human Rights, Yale Law School, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) - Institute for European Law, Washington and Lee University - School of Law, Bocconi University - Department of Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), University of Wroclaw, Department of International Law and European Public Law, Independent, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Europe, Germany, Hegemony, Equality, EU Law, Comparative Law, German Federal Constitutional Court, ultra vires, PSPP

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What Can Constitutional Law Do Against the Erosion of Democracy and the Rule of Law? On the Interconnectedness of the Protection of Democracy and the Rule of Law

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2019-15
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2019
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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illiberalism, populism, the rule of law crisis of the European Union, quantitative methods in constitutional law, institutionalism, political morality, institutional alcoholism, Böckenförde Dilemma

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Judicial Reasoning in Constitutional Courts: A European Perspective

German Law Journal 2013/8. pp. 1215-1278
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2013
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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constitutional reasoning, Verfassungsdogmatik, legal reasoning, effet utile, Scalia, living tree, legal method, Ius Publicum Europaeum, originalism, Begriffsjurisprudenz, plain meaning rule, Golden Rule, literal rule, purposive interpretation, teleological interpretation, Brandeis Brief, analogy

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Sustainability in European Constitutional Law

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2016-16
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Jul 2016
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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suffrage for children, proxy vote, Demeny voting, Toynbee, ageing society, public finance, transparency, debt brake, deficit brake, balanced budget rule, sustainable development, environmental protection, financial crisis, paygo, language of rights, family suffrage, future generations

Sustainability in European Constitutional Law

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2015
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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suffrage for children, proxy vote, Demeny voting, Toynbee, ageing society, public finance, transparency, debt brake, deficit brake, balanced budget rule, sustainable development, protection of environment, financial crisis, paygo, language of rights, family suffrage, future generations

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Defining the Borders of the Political Community: Constitutional Visions of the Nation

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2012
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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nationalism, ethnicity, constitutionalism, Belgium, Switzerland, civic nation, Verfassungspatriotismus

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What is Wrong with the Hungarian Legal System and How to Fix it

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2018 - 13
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Jul 2018
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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democratic backslide, authoritarian constitutions, foreign aid, rule of law index, institutionalism, Marxist legacy, EU rule of law crisis, theory of constitutionalism, informal elements of institutions

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International Indices as Models for the Rule of Law Scoreboard of the European Union: Methodological Issues

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2017-21
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
András Jakab and Viktor Oliver Lorincz
University of Salzburg and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) - Centre for Social Sciences
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European Scoreboard of Rule of Law, international indices, Freedom in the World, Bertelsmann Transformation Index, Worldwide Governance Indicators, World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index, conceptualisation, law & statistics, measuring legal systems, empirical methodology

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Application of the EU Charter by National Courts in Purely Domestic Cases

András Jakab / Dimitry Kochenov (eds), The Enforcement of EU Law and Values: Ensuring Member States’ Compliance (Oxford: Oxford University Press Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 29 Oct 2014
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, basic values, enforcement mechanisms, scope of application, reverse Solange, EU citizenship, competence creep, leading cases, European Court of Justice, constitutionalism

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On the Legitimacy of a New Constitution - Remarks on the Occasion of the New Hungarian Basic Law of 2011

Miodrag A. Jovanović – Đorđe Pavićević (eds): Crisis and Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe (The Hague: Eleven 2012) pp. 61-76
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2013
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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legitimacy, Hungary, constitution, basic law, the Doctrine of the Holy Crown, judicial review, procedures of constitution-making

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Foreword: Understanding Constitutional Reasoning

Dyevre, Arthur, and Andras Jakab. "Foreword: Understanding Constitutional Reasoning." German Law Journal 14.8 (2013): 983-1015.
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2021
Arthur Dyevre and András Jakab
KU Leuven Centre for Empirical Jurisprudence and University of Salzburg
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Constitutional Reasoning, Constitutionalism, Political Communication, Judicial Politics, Judicial Behaviour, Legal Rhetoric

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What Makes a Good Lawyer? Was Magnaud Indeed Such a Good Judge?

Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht (Austrian: Journal of Public Law), Vol. 2, pp. 275-287, 2007
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2012
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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jurisprudence, legal method, legal reasoning, Begriffsjurisprudenz, conceptual system of law (Rechtsdogmatik), law and morality

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German Constitutional Law and Doctrine on State of Emergency - Paradigms and Dilemmas of a Traditional (Continental) Discourse

German Law Journal, Vol. 5, pp. 453-477, 2005
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2011
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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state of emergency, Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen, Germany, constitutional law, legal theory

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Kelsen’s Doctrine of International Law: Between Epistemology and Politics

Austrian Review of International and European Law (ARIEL), pp. 49-62, 2004
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2011
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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Kelsen, Grundnorm, international law, legal theory

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Comparing Three Financial Conditionality Regimes and their Application to Hungary: The Conditionality Regulation, the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation, and the Common Provisions Regulation

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2023-23
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2023
László Detre, András Jakab and Tamás Lukácsi
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, University of Salzburg and European Parliament
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Article 2 TEU values, conditionality mechanism, Common Provisions Regulation, Conditionality Regulation, enforcement of EU law, horizontal conditions, Hungary, illiberalism, Recovery and Resilience Facility, rule of law

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public law; private law; public-private law divide; interest theory; subordination theory; subjection theory; trustee theory; theory of dispositivity; sociology of science; tradition; analogy

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Two Opposing Paradigms of Continental European Constitutional Thinking: Austria and Germany

International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 2009. pp. 933-955, 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2011
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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comparative constitutional law, Austria, Germany, Hans Kelsen, Carl Schmitt, Rudolf Smend

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Rule of Law Indices and How They Could be Used in the EU Rule of Law Crisis

2019 ESIL Annual Research Forum, Goettingen, 4-5 April 2019
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2020
András Jakab and Viktor Oliver Lorincz
University of Salzburg and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) - Centre for Social Sciences
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European Scoreboard of Rule of Law, conceptualisation, law & statistics, measuring legal systems, empirical methodology, Freedom in the World, Bertelsmann Transformation Index, Worldwide Governance Indicators, international indices, World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index

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Rule of Law Indices and How They Could Be Used in the EU Rule of Law Crisis

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Feb 2018
András Jakab and Viktor Oliver Lorincz
University of Salzburg and Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) - Centre for Social Sciences
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rule of law index, indicators, European Union constitutional crisis, law and society, empirical legal studies, data aggregation

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Neutralizing the Sovereignty Question - Compromise Strategies in Constitutional Argumentations about the Concept of Sovereignty for the European Integration

European Constitutional Law Review, Vol. 3, pp. 375-397, 2006
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2011
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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sovereignty, European Union, legal theory, constitutional law

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How to Make Sense of the New EU-Budget Rule of Law Mechanism by Developing the EU Justice Scoreboard into a Rule of Law Index. Using an Existing Tool in the EU Rule of Law Crisis in a More Efficient Way

German Law Journal, Forthcoming 2021
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Feb 2021
András Jakab and Lando Kirchmair
University of Salzburg and Universiät der Bundeswehr Munich - Institute for Public Law and Public International Law
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EU rule of law crisis; rule of law indices; EU Justice Scoreboard; empirical legal research; Art. 2 TEU values

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Dilemmas of Legal Education - A Comparative Overview

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 2, pp. 253-265, 2007
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2012
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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legal education, comparative law

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Constitution-Making Procedure and Legitimacy-Maximization: On How Different Procedures Satisfy Different Conceptions of Legitimacy

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2024-13
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2024
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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legitimacy, referendum, polarization, constituent assembly, constitutional revolution

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Socialism’s Legacy in Contemporary Law and Legal Scholarship: The Case of Hungary

Journal of East European Law (Columbia University), Vol. 2004, Nos. 2-3. pp. 95-122, 2004
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2011
András Jakab and Miklós Hollán
University of Salzburg and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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legal theory, socialism, Hungary

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Constitutional Resilience

in: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum (eds.): Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL] (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2022)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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erosion, coup, constitutional design, rule of law culture

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Full Parliamentarisation of the EU Without Changing the Treaties: Why We Should Aim for it and How Easily it Can Be Achieved

Jean Monnet Working Papers 2012/3
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2013
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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democratic legitimacy, constitutional conventions, parliamentary democracy, supranational democracy

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The Reasoning of Constitutional Courts in Europe

in: Armin von Bogdandy, Peter M Huber and Christoph Grabenwarter (eds), The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law. Volume IV. Constitutional Adjudication: Common Themes and Challenges (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2023) pp. 169-221
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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constitutional reasoning, teleological interpretation, analogy, comparative law

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legitimacy, referendum, polarization, constituent assembly, expert bodies, constitutional revolutions, Hans Kelsen

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How to Return from a Hybrid Regime into a Constitutional Democracy. Hypothetical Constitutional Scenarios for Hungary and a Few Potential Lessons for Poland

in: Michal Bobek – Adam Bodnar – Armin von Bogdandy – Pál Sonnevend (eds), Transition 2.0. Re-establishing Constitutional Democracy in EU Member States (Baden-Baden: Nomos 2023) pp. 145-225.
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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democratic backsliding; transition to the rule of law; Kelsenian revolution; Radbruch; hybrid regime; natural law; populism; illiberalism; Hungary; Poland

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proportionality test, core of fundamental rights, absolute fundamental rights, Wedsnesbury unreasonableness, tiered scrutiny

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Cultural Enabling Factors of the Erosion of Liberal Democracy – and What Follows from Them for the Restoration Process

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2024-27
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2024
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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cultural legacy of socialism, culture of illegality, democratic backsliding, transition to the rule of law, polarisation, Kelsenian revolution, Radbruch, illiberalism, Hungary, Poland

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Determining the Content of (Austrian) Constitutional Principles

in: Christoph Bezemek – Michael Potacs – Alexander Somek (eds), Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy, Volume 3: Legal Reasoning (Oxford: Hart Publishing 2023) pp. 1-16
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
András Jakab
University of Salzburg
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Austria, Hans Kelsen, constitutional principles, republic, democracy, federalism, the rule of law, separation of powers, human rights

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Problems of the Stufenbaulehre: Kelsen's Failure to Derive the Validity of a Norm from Another Norm

Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2007
Posted: 21 Jun 2007
András Jakab
University of Salzburg

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Kelsen, basic norm