Workshop: The responsiveness of the legal system in times of emergencies

   19th November 2021 10:00 - 19:30, 20th November 2021 19:30

WORKSHOP

The responsiveness of the legal system in times of emergencies

The law and its practice with focus on the V4 countries

supported by the „Responsiveness of the Legal System 2010-2020” (FK 129018) program of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), the „Constitutional Crisis Management in the V4 Countries”  (CSS Incubator Budapest) and the NKFIH FK 138366. project „The perspectives of comparative constitutional law: constitutional court case law during the pandemic”.

Date: 19 November 2021 (Friday)

Jagiellonian University in Cracow/Online

AGENDA (The times indicated are in CET)

10.00-10.15     Welcome and introductions (Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Zoltán Szente and Monika Florczak-Wątor)

10.15-10.30     How to measure and compare the legal solutions in emergencies in the V4 countries? A proposal for data collection (Zoltán Szente)

10.30-10.45     Legal responses in the different emergency situations in the Czech Republic – a discussion on the proposed assessment (Jan Maliř)

10.45-11.00     The Hungarian experience – Lessons and results of the Hungarian data collection in relation to the responsiveness (Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Viktor Lőrincz)

11.00-11.15     Measurability of legal responses in Poland – reflections on the data collection and comparison (Monika Florczak-Wątor)

11.15-11.30     Systematic study - approaches in the Slovak Republic (Tomas Gabris)

11.30-11.45     Comparative research on emergency situations – hot to examine the responsiveness of the legal system – an international overview (Michał Ziółkowski)

11.45-12.00     Contemporary lessons in scudding emergencies (Max Steuer)

 

12.00-12.30     Coffee Break and discussion

 

12.30-12.40     How to measure and compare the legal solutions during COVID19 in the V4 countries? A proposal for data collection (Zoltán Szente)

12.40-12.50     The nature of responses to COVID19 in the Czech Republic – a discussion on the proposed assessment (Jan Maliř)

12.50-13.00     The Hungarian experience – Lessons and results of the Hungarian data collection with special regard to municipalities (Hoffman István)

13.00-13.10     Measurability in Poland – reflections on the data collection and comparison (Monika Florczak-Wątor)

13.10-13.20     COVID19 measures in the Slovak Republic (Tomas Gabris)

13.20-13.40     How to study and compare COVID19 legal measures – good academic practices (Lukasz Gruszczynski)

13.40-14.00 Discussion

 

14.00-15.00 Lunch

 

15.00-15.15     The examination of the responsiveness of the legal system (Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz)

15.15 – 15.30 The examination of COVID19 in Hungary (Viktor Lőrincz)

15.30-15.45     The empirical approaches and their results (Balázs István - Hoffman István – Gajdusek György)

15.45-16.00     Latest tendencies of constitutional development under the pandemic at the Visegrád region with special focus on democracy and participation issues (Boldizsár Szentgáli-Tóth)

16.00 – 16.15 A comparative study of the constitutional adjudication in pandemic – a first approach (Evelin Burján)

16.15.16.35     The presence and the future of studying democracy in COVID19 era – a commentary (Marek Antos and Jan Grinc)

16.35-17.30 Discussion

 

SEMINAR

Human Rights in States of Emergency.

Constitutional Models and Political Reality of V4 countries

In the framework of the research project “Specificity of the law-making activity of constitutional courts and its borders” supported by the Polish National Science Centre

Date: 20 November 2021 (Saturday)

Jagiellonian University in Cracow

AGENDA (The times indicated are in CET)

17.00-17.10     Welcome and introductions

17.10-17.25     The principles of human rights’ limitations in time of emergencies: the Czech case (Jan Maliř)

17.25-17.40     Permissible Limitations on Human Rights in Hungary (Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz)

17.55-18.10     Tempting Executive Overreach: An Introduction to Restrictions on Human Rights During States of Emergency in Slovakia (Max Steuer)

17.40-17.55     Constitutional Models of Human Rights Restrictions in Poland (Monika Florczak-Wątor)

18.10-18.25     The evidence of unlawfulness: human rights and the state of emergency in Poland 2021 (Michał Ziółkowski)

18.25-19.25     Discussion

19.25-19.30     Concluding remarks

 

Hybrid format: at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and online. The link to the meeting will be sent via email shortly before the conference.

Contact and registration: Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz