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3/14/23, 2:04 PM
School of Law, Center for International Law
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The Guardian of the European Heritage or the Innovator of the European Integration? – Flip Trip to the CJEU

Luxembourg
Two days, two trials, seven lectures and fourteen experts: the MCC Center for International Law organized the Spring field trip to Luxembourg. MCC law students from Budapest, Pécs, Debrecen and Transylvania participated in the field trip to learn about the structure, composition, and competence of the Court of Justice of the European Union and also to understand its complex role, which textbooks cannot reveal. One of the key lessons MCC students has learned is that they did not visit a remote or abstract institution but instead a Court that has enormous impacts on their communities as well as on their own lives but which they can later shape themselves.
3/10/23, 8:04 AM
Budapest Lectures, School of Law, Center for International Law
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“We are what we were, and we will be what we are” – defending cultural heritage amidst the waves of globalisation

Budapest
There is a clash between localism and globalism in our age, and only the recognition and protection of cultural heritage can give our diverse civilizations a tomorrow - was pointed out in the MCC Budapest Lectures series. Michelle Zang, senior lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and Borrin Foundation Justice Fellow and Lénárd Sándor, head of the Center for International Law discussed the indigenous peoples’ interests and the question of cultural heritage in international law along with the potential reform avenues.
11/28/22, 12:52 PM
School of Law, Center for International Law
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Where International Law Comes to Life: MCC Study Trip to The Hague

The Hague
Three days, five institutions and nine experts: the MCC Center for International Law organized a study trip to The Hague. MCC law students from Budapest, Debrecen and Kolozsvár participated in a three-day long study trip to The Hague, whereby court visits, various lectures and conversations with professors and experts shed light on the unique world of international adjudication, which textbooks cannot reveal.
11/25/22, 1:00 PM
Budapest Lectures, School of Law, Center for International Law
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Neoliberalism as the “Original Sin”

Budapest
The neoliberal ideology represents greed and evil, like the “original sin” in the Bible and Christian theology, because it continuously serves the hegemonic aspirations of the major powers – it was pointed out at the latest of the MCC Budapest Lectures series. The world renowned Professor of International Law at the National University of Singapore, Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah and Lénárd Sándor, head of the MCC Center for International Law discussed the complexity and the false promises of globalization as well as the outlook for creating a globalization with a human face.
11/22/22, 10:30 AM
School of Law
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How to Understand Us Thinking About Privacy and Online Platforms – American Professors Talked to the Students of Mcc Szeged

Szeged
On 11 November, as the closing event of the MCC Conference on Essential State Functions in Platforms Regulation, Márton Sulyok (Head of the MCC Public Law Center) talked to two American professors from the Antonin Scalia School of Law of George Mason University in Washington, D.C. The American academics participated at the conference and the Szeged event to explain to European audiences the American approaches to privacy and online platforms, from the point of view of an approach called “law and economics”.
11/22/22, 9:01 AM
School of Law, Center for International Law
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“He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune”

Debrecen
The rise of the neoliberal economic dogmas has created a situation in which countries around the world could easily become highly dependent on transnational business interests as well as on international financial institutions. If a country is exposed to these dogmas, it will be used against her – it was emphasized in an event organized in the MCC Regional Center of Debrecen where Lénárd Sándor, Head of Center for International Law at the MCC asked the world-renowned professor of international law, Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah.
11/21/22, 9:50 AM
School of Law, Center for International Law
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It Takes Vigilant States to Harness the Benefits of Globalization

Budapest
The dominance of the “Washington Consensus” and neoliberal economic principles has reduced the ability of countries to act in defense of their own interests – it was pointed out in an event where a world-renowned professor of international law from National University of Singapore exchanged ideas with Hungarian experts.
11/18/22, 7:39 PM
School of Law, Conferences, Center for International Law
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The “Silk Road” Is Not Only Our Cultural Heritage but Also One of Today’s Opportunities

Budapest
The "Walking the Silk Road" international conference hosted by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium and co-organized by the European Chinese Arbitration Association and the Hungarian Arbitration Association has been a major success. Twenty speakers from nine different countries shared their insights on the future of EU-China economic and legal relations. The keynote address of the conference was delivered by the world-renown Professor of International Law, Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah from the National University of Singapore.
11/17/22, 7:29 PM
Budapest Lectures, School of Law, Center for International Law
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Central-Europe Shall Seek to Be a Bridge Between East and West

Budapest
Following the Swedish model, Central Europe, and Hungary in particular, should strive to play a bridge-building role in settling disputes between East and West - Robin Oldenstam, Chair of the Board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and Veronika Korom, Professor at ESSEC Business School and President of the Hungarian Arbitration Association pointed out during the MCC Budapest Lecture event in conversation with Lénárd Sándor, Head of the Center for International Law at the MCC.
11/16/22, 6:43 AM
School of Law, Center for International Law
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Globalization Does Not Offer Equal Opportunities

Győr
In the course of the change of regime, the Central European countries uncritically accepted the neoliberal economic dogmas and rushed to join the globalizing world economy. However, in many cases, this has led to disappointment, because globalization does not offer equal opportunities – Professor M. Sornarajah the world-renowned international law professor at the National University of Singapore pointed out in a conversation with Lénárd Sándor, head of Center for International Law at the MCC in an event organized by the regional MCC Center of Győr.
11/14/22, 7:35 AM
School of Law, Conferences
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„Regulators also have the option to do nothing.” – Experts of Law and of Economics Spoke at Our Two-Day International Conference on Platform Regulation

Budapest
The event venue of MCC Scruton housed the two-day international conference titled Essential State Functions in Platform Regulation, that came to life as a cooperative idea of more professional organizations. The conference focused on the challenges, the opportunities, and the necessity of the legal regulation of online platforms in light of what essential functions might states have in this domain. The question is especially important in light of the fact that in Europe, EU-law contains a multitude of rules to improve its global positions in the sector and these obviously affect those legal rules that the Member States enact to regulate the operation of platforms.
11/11/22, 2:28 PM
Brussels, School of Law, Center for International Law
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Europe Will Have No Future if It Does Not Know How to Recognize Its Civilizational Roots

Brussels
The Mathias Corvinus Collegium was also given a role in the international conference organized in Brussels on the relationship between national constitutional heritage and European integration. The Head of Center for International Law at MCC, Lénárd Sándor moderated the panel discussion on civilizational heritage and a student of MCC, Lili Póka spoke at the panel discussion about the role of national constitutional heritage.
10/21/22, 8:00 AM
Budapest Lectures, School of Law, Center for International Law
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The Struggle for Sovereignty Is Not Over - Presentation by Norman Naimark

Budapest
The struggle for national sovereignty is far from being over in Central and Eastern Europe – Professor Norman Naimark emphasized at the newest installment of the Budapest Lectures event series of the MCC on October 20. Professor Naimark, who serves as the Robert and Florence McDonnell Professor of Stanford University, as head of the department of Eastern European history and the senior fellow of the Hoover Institution along with the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies, pointed out that we must constantly endeavor to defend our identities, achievements and goals. The lecture was followed by a conversation moderated by Lénárd Sándor, Head of the Center for International Law at the MCC.
10/20/22, 1:26 PM
School of Law, Center for International Law
News

Is a New Iron Curtain About to Be Erected?

Budapest
What is the historical, geopolitical, and international legal background of the Russian-Ukrainian war? Who are the major players? What are their motivations? What is the stake and the way out of this conflict? A renowned professor of history from Stanford University exchanged ideas with Hungarian experts.
10/10/22, 11:34 AM
School of Law, Fall Academy
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What is at Stake Here is the Future of Europe

Gárdony
The three days long Fall Academy organized by the MCC Law School in Gárdony ended with great success. The theme of the weekend was the future and destiny of Europe, as well as the effects of the armed conflict in the neighboring Ukraine. Renowned Hungarian law professors and a distinguished American constitutional scholar shared their thoughts on these questions. This was followed by interactive group contests among the students. With the goal to establish a tradition, the instructive student competitions addressed key issues of the European integration.
10/10/22, 8:56 AM
School of Law, Center for International Law
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Safeguarding Values and Virtues Overseas and in Europe

Zalaegerszeg
On both sides of the Atlantic, there are growing movements that question the heritage, culture, memories, identity and traditions of Western societies. The lecture in Zalaegerszeg about the American vs. European way of life investigated this phenomenon while explored the values and virtues that form the basis of American society and European nations.
10/7/22, 7:53 AM
School of Law, Publishing, Center for International Law
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Lessons From a Constitutional Journey

Budapest
What contemporary constitutional challenges does the United States of America face? What are the dangers of the burgeoning bureaucracy called "administrative state"? How does the increased role of the federal judiciary distort democratic decision-making? What are the constitutional dilemmas that digital platforms raise? What parallels can be seen between the United States and Europe? These questions were addressed in a discussion co-organized by the Institute of American Studies of the University of Public Service and the Mathias Corvinus Collegium on the occasion of the publication of the interview book titled Constitutional Journey in the United States.
10/27/21, 9:52 AM
School of Law, Center for Public Law
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One Court, One Judge, One State, One Agent - A Look Behind the Scenes at the ECtHR

A unique roundtable discussion was organized on 25 October 2021 but the Public Law Center operating next ot the MCC Law School. Hungary's judge at the Strasbourg-seated European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Prof. Dr. Péter Paczolay, and Hungary's state agent (representing the Government), dr. Zoltán Tallódi, a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Justice talked with Dr. Márton Sulyok, the head of the Public Law Center regarding questions on the operation and processes of the ECtHR, and in terms of the day-to-day management tasks regarding concrete cases.
10/20/21, 11:43 AM
School of Law, Center for Public Law
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The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as a New Chapter in European constitutional scrutiny?

On 18 October 2021, Associate Professor and Vice-Dean Ondrej Hamulak of the Faculty of Law at the Palacky University in Olomouc was a guest of our Law School at the invitation of the head of our Public Law Center, Márton Sulyok.
6/22/21, 1:23 PM
School of Law, Center for Public Law
News

"Dialogue on the Future of Europe: Building a Digital European Union"

On 21 June 2021, in the Delegation Room of the National Assembly, the head of the Public Law Center of MCC Law School, dr. Márton Sulyok was asked to moderate a panel on Digitalization and European citizens, regarding issues of ethical transition in terms of artificial intelligence and online platform and content-regulation.
5/12/21, 10:19 AM
Center for Public Law
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Constitutional interpretation and constitutional identity in the United States of America – a talk with Professor Lee J. Strang

The MCC Public Law Center headed by Márton Sulyok hosted one of the seminal figures of the originalist school of American constitutional interpretation, from the University of Toledo, Ohio, Professor Lee J. Strang on 11 May 2021 for a two-hour talk.
5/10/21, 4:27 PM
School of Law, Center for Private Law
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Continuing MCC’s Law School Talks

Continuing MCC’s Law School Talks, on April 28th participants had the chance to get to know Dr. Ádám Tóth, president of both Hungary’s Chamber of Notaries and the Council of the Notaries of the European Union.

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