Constitutional Changes in Central Europe after the Crisis in 2008
International Conference
Organizer:
National University of Public Service, Faculty of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Institute of Constitutional Law
Co-organizer:
HAS Centre for Social Sciences – Institute for Legal Studies, Research Group of the Comparative Constitutional Law
Time: 3rd June 2016, 10 a.m.
Venue: NKE KTK, 1118 Budapest Ménesi út. 5. Room No. 402.
Language: English
PROGRAM
10.00 Opening
(Prof. Dr. Iván Halász PhD, professor – National University of Public Service, Faculty of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Institute of Constitutional Law, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, CSS - Institute for Legal Studies - Budapest)
10.10 Constitutional changes and their proposals in the Czech Republic after the financial crisis in 2008
(JUDr. Ján Kudrna PhD, senior lecturer - Charles University, Faculty of Law, Department of Constitutional Law, Prague)
10.35 Tracing constitutional changes in Slovakia since 2008
(Doc. JUDr. Tomáš Ľalík, PhD. associate professor - Comenius University, Faculty of Law, Department of Constitutional Law, Bratislava)
11.00 Major dilemmas of making and changing a constitution in Hungary
(Dr. Gárdos-Orosz Fruzsina PhD, associate professor – National University of Public Service, Faculty of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Institute of Constitutional Law - research fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, CSS - Institute for Legal Studies, Budapest)
11.25 Discussion
(Chair: Prof. Dr. Zoltán Szente DSc. - National University of Public Service, Faculty of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Institute of Constitutional Law, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, CSS - Institute for Legal Studies - Budapest)
11.45 Lunch
12.30 The Hungarian constitutional court and the crisis
(Dr. habil. Nóra Chronowski PhD, associate professor - Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law, Department of Constitutional Law; research fellow - HAS CSS Institute for Legal Studies, Budapest)
12.55 Environmental constitutionalism in Central Europe
(T. Kovács Júlia, assistant lecturer - National University of Public Service, Faculty of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Institute of Constitutional Law)
13.20 Changing a political system without a change of the constitution. Case of Poland
(Prof. Dr. habil. Ewa Poplawska PhD, professor – Kozminski Academy, Warszaw)
13.35 Discussion
Chair: Prof. Dr. Iván Halász PhD