Researchers from the MCC Center for Constitutional Politics participated in the inaugural annual conference of the European Law Unbound Society (ELU-S), held from September 25-27, 2025. The event, hosted by the Law Faculty of Charles University, brought together public law professionals to explore the theme, “European Law Unbound: What Kind of Europe Can We Reach For?”
The newly founded European Law Unbound Society launched its first annual conference with a full program of keynotes, plenary events, and parallel panels where participants presented their research. Researchers from the Center contributed to two expert panels during the event.
Author Meets Reader: Twin Volumes on Constitutional Review in Europe
The Center's work was featured in an "Author Meets Reader" panel dedicated to two recent volumes edited by Kálmán Pócza, Head of the Center for Constitutional Politics: Constitutional Review in Western Europe 1990-2020 (Routledge, 2024) and Constitutional Review in Central and Eastern Europe 1990-2020 (Routledge, 2024).
These twin volumes present the findings of the JUDICON-EU research project, offering a new methodology to analyze the practice of constitutional adjudication across 21 European countries. The discussion was enriched by contributions from a panel of discussants, including Jana Ondřejková, Jan Malir, Lóránt Csink, and Jan Komárek.
Panel on Three Decades of Hungarian Constitutional Adjudication
The Center’s researchers also contributed to a panel titled "Three Decades of Constitutional Adjudication in Hungary." This session offered a nuanced assessment of the Hungarian Constitutional Court's evolution since the democratic transition.
The panel featured presentations from Péter Smuk, Lóránt Csink, Kálmán Pócza, and Márton Csapodi. The topics covered a wide range of issues: Péter Smuk addressed rule of law issues during crisis periods; Lóránt Csink examined the Court's changing attitudes towards human rights; Kálmán Pócza discussed the patterns of judicial dissents at the Court; and Márton Csapodi analyzed the role of individual complaints in politically salient cases.
The participation of the Center’s researchers is part of its ongoing engagement with the broader European academic community.
