Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak

Kar

Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar

Szervezet

ÁJTK Közigazgatási Jogi Tanszék

Kód

JNX_ERASMUS:W16

Cím

Judicial Review of Governmental Acts

Tervezett félév

Mindkét

Meghirdetve

2023/24/2

ECTS

5

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

Judicial review of governmental acts Lecturers: Dr. János Fazekas, associate professor, Department of Administrative Law fazekas.janos@ajk.elte.hu Brief description The course addresses the main questions of judicial review of governmental acts in modern democracies. It examines the role of the judiciary in holding the government to account, especially in politically sensitive cases within the framework of political question doctrine. The main method of the course is analysis of the case law of the US Supreme Court and the main European judiciaries, with a special focus on Hungary. Schedule Introduction. General questions of judicial review 1. General questions of judicial review 2. Government on the borderline of politics and law The political question doctrine in the jurisprudence of the US Supreme Court The political question doctrine in Europe Theoretical problems 1.: discretionary powers Theoretical problems 2.: judicialization Brexit-related court cases Political question doctrine in Hungary 1. Political question doctrine in Hungary 2. Wrap-up Exam (open book online written) Recommended readings Barabás Gergely: Kormányzati tevékenység: a “political question doctrine” a magyar közigazgatási perjogban. In: Barabás Gergely – F. Rozsnyai Krisztina – Kovács András György (szerk.): Kommentár a közigazgatási perrendtartáshoz. Wolters Kluwer Hungary, Budapest, 2018. 86-90. Belov, Martin (ed.): Courts, Politics and Constitutional Law. Judicialization of Politics and Politicization of the Judiciary. Routledge, 2019 Beširević, Violeta: Making Sense of the Political Question Doctrine: The Case of Kosovo. Review of Central and East European Law. Volume 46: Issue 1 (2021) 91–130 https://doi.org/10.1163/15730352-bja10041 Blichner, Lars Chr – Molander, Anders: Mapping Juridification. European Law Journal Vol. 14. No. 1, 2008. 36-54. Bradley, A. – Ewing, K. D.: Constitutional and Administrative Law. 15th edition, Pearson, 2011 Butler, Graham: In Search of the Political Question Doctrine in EU Law. Legal Issues of Economic Integration 45, no. 4 (2018): 329–354. Fazekas, János: The European Court of Justice as political actor in intergovernmental coordination. Journal of Comparative Politics vol. 17 no. 1 (2024) https://www.jofcp.org/assets/jcp/Articles-2024/JCP-January24-1.pdf Fazekas János: A kormányzati tevékenység bírói kontrollja. A politikai kérdések doktrínája. Budapest: ORAC, 2023 Fazekas, János: Local Governments and Political Question Doctrine in Hungary. Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 809 - 819, July 2019 Fazekas, János: Administrative procedural and litigation aspects of the review of governmental actions. Institutiones Administrationis – Journal of Administrative Sciences Vol. 2 (2022) No. 2, 6–22 Hague, Rod – Harrop, Martin: Comparative Government and Politics. An Introduction. 6th Edition. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 Henkin, Louis: Is There a "Political Question" Doctrine? The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 85, No. 5 (Apr., 1976), pp. 597-625. Hirschl, Ran: The Judicialization of Politics. In: Goodin, Robert E. (ed.): The Oxford Handbook of Political Science. Oxford University Press, 2013. 253-270. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199604456.013.001 https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199604456.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199604456-e-013 Király Miklós: Brexit in Context, ELTE Law Journal (1) pp. 39-47. https://edit.elte.hu/xmlui/handle/10831/56116 Mańko, Rafal: Dimensions of the Political in Adjudication: A Case Study. Folia Iuridica, 2020. 92, 5-15. https://digijournals.uni.lodz.pl/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=aul_foliaiuridica McHarg, Aileen: Administrative Discretion, Administrative Rule-Making and Judicial Review (September 12, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3044092 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3044092 McHarg, Aileen: The Supreme Court's Prorogation Judgment: Guardian of the Constitution or Architect of the Constitution? Edinburgh Law Review, Jan 2020, vo. 24, No. 1. 88-95. Mercescu, Alexandra – Doroga, Sorina: Should the European Court of Justice develop a political question doctrine? International Comparative Jurisprudence 2021 Volume 7 Issue 15-30. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13165/j.icj.2021.06.002 Pozsár-Szentmiklósy, Zoltán: The Hungarian Constitutional Court as a law-maker. In: Monika Florczak-Wator (ed.): Judicial Law-Making in European Constitutional Courts. Routledge, London and New York, 2020. 128-144. Pokol Béla: A jurisztokratikus állam. Dialóg Campus Kiadó, Budapest, 2017 Skoutaris, Nikos: The European courts as political actors in the Cyprus conflict. Paper for the 6th International Workshop for Young Scholars, 2009. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241856873_The_European_courts_as_political_actors_in_the_Cyprus_conflict Sólyom, László – Brunner, Georg: Constitutional judiciary in a new democracy: the Hungarian Constitutional Court. Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan Press, 2003 Stone Sweet, Alec: The European Court of Justice and the Judicialization of EU Governance. Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository 1-1-2010. 4. https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069&context=fss_papers Szente, Zoltán – Gárdos-Orosz, Fruzsina: Judicial deference or political loyalty? The Hungarian Constitutional Court’s role in tackling crisis situations. In: Szente, Zoltán – Gárdos-Orosz, Fruzsina (eds.): New Challenges to Constitutional Adjudication in Europe: A Comparative Perspective. New York (NY), Routledge, 2019. 89-110. Tushnet, Mark: Law and Prudence in the Law of Justiciability: The Transformation and Disappearance of the Political Question Doctrine. North Carolina Law Review (80) 2002. 1203-1235. Assessment/Exam open book online written exam

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