Forschungsschwerpunkte:
comparative constitutional law, legal theory
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang:
András Jakab is the Director of the Institute for Legal Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest where he also holds a tenured research chair, and he is a Schumpeter Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg where he is currently leading a five years project on comparative constitutional reasoning. Formerly he held different research and teaching positions at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest (2010-2011); at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (CEPC) in Madrid (2008-2010); at the University of Liverpool (2006-2008); at the Nottingham Trent University (2004-2006); at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (2003-2004); and at the Calvinist University Károli Gáspár in Budapest (2001-2003). His main research interests are legal theory (esp. theory of norms), constitutional theory and comparative constitutional law.
Aktuelle Publikationen
- Alkotmányozás Magyarországon 2010-2011 (Constitution-Making in Hungary 2010-2011). Pázmány Press, Budapest, 2012, vols I-II, pp. 438 + 504 S. (zusammen mit Tímea Drinóczi, Hrsg.)
- On the Legitimacy of a New Constitution. Remarks on the Occasion of the New Hungarian Basic Law of 2011. In: Crisis and Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe, Miodrag A. Jovanović / Đorđe Pavićević (Hrsg.), Eleven, The Hague 2012, 61-76.
- A különleges jogrend (State of Emergency). In: Bevezetés az alkotmányjogba (Introduction to Constitutional Law), László Trócsányi / Balázs Schanda (Hrsg.), HVG Orac, Budapest 2012, 429-453 (zusammen mit Szabolcs Till).
- 40. Kontinuiteta s pomanjkljivostmi: novi Madžarski temeljni zakon (Continuity with Deficiencies. The new Hungarian Basic Law). In: Revus 17, 77-90 (2012). (zusammen mit Pál Sonnevend).
- Kontinuität mit Mängeln: Das neue ungarische Grundgesetz. In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 1, 79-102 (2012). (zusammen mit Pál Sonnevend).
- Full Parliamentarisation of the EU without Changing the Treaties. Why We Should Aim for It and How Easily It Can be Achieved. In: Jean Monnet Working Papers 3, 1-33 (2012). http://centers.law.nyu.edu/jeanmonnet/papers/12/documents/JMWP03Jakab.pdf
- Az új Alaptörvény keletkezése és gyakorlati következményei (The Birth of the New [Hungarian] Basic Law and Its Practical Consequences). HVG-Orac, Budapest, 2011, 379 S.
- Wissenschaft vom Verwaltungsrecht: Ungarn. In: Ius Publicum Europaeum IV., Armin von Bogdandy – Sabino Cassese – Peter M. Huber (Hrsg.), CF Müller, Heidelberg 2011, 365-396.
- Kelsens Rezeption in Ungarn. In: Hans Kelsen anderswo. Hans Kelsen abroad. Der Einfluss der Reinen Rechtslehre auf die Rechtstheorie in verschiedenen Ländern III., Robert Walter – Clemens Jabloner – Klaus Zeleny (Hrsg.), Manz, Wien 2010, 41-71.
- Breaching Constitutional Law on Moral Grounds in the Fight against Terrorism. Implied Presuppositions and Proposed Solutions in the Discourse on ‘the Rule of Law vs. Terrorism’. In: International Journal of Constitutional Law 9/1, 58-78 (2011).
- Miért nincs szükségünk második kamarára? (Why we do not need a second chamber?). In: Politikatudományi Szemle (Review of Political Science) 20/1, 7-30 (2011).
- Seven Role Models of Legal Scholars. In: German Law Journal 12/2, 757-784 (2011).
- Az alkotmányozás előkérdéseiről (Preliminary Questions of the Constitution Making). In: Iustum Aequum Salutare 6/4, 11-17 (2010).
- Mire jó egy alkotmány? Avagy az újonnan elkészülő alkotmány legitimitásának kérdése (What is a Constitution for? The legitimacy question of the new Constitution). In: Kommentár...a magyarázat (Commentary...the explanation) 14/6, 10-23 (2010).
- A közigazgatási jog tudománya és oktatása Magyarországon (Scholarship and Teaching of Administrative Law in Hungary). In: Új Magyar Közigazgatás (New Hungarian Administration) 3/9, 31-44 (2010).
- Az Alkotmánybíróság első határozata a bejegyzett élettársi kapcsolatról (The First Decision of the Hungarian Constitutional Court on Registered Partnerships). In: Jogesetek Magyarázata 1/2, 9-16 (2010).
- Dvije suprotstavljene paradigme kontinentalnoeuropskog ustavnopravnog mišljenja: Austrija i Njemačka (Two Opposing Paradigms of Continental European Constitutional Thinking: Austria and Germany). In: Revus 12, 137-163 (2010).
- Ki a jó jogász, avagy tényleg jó bíró volt Magnaud? (What makes a good lawyer? Was Magnaud indeed such a good judge?). In: Jogesetek Magyarázata 1/1, 83-93 (2010).
- A magyar jogi oktatás megújításához szükséges lépések. Reformjavaslat összehasonlító áttekintésre alapozva (Measures Necessary to Reshape the Legal Education in Hungary. Reform Proposal Based on a Comparative Overview). In: Magyar Jog (Hungarian Law) 4, 204-223 (2010).
- Dos paradigmas encontrados del pensamiento constitucional en Europa: Austria y Alemania (Two Opposing Paradigms of Continental European Constitutional Thinking: Austria and Germany). In: Revista Española de Derecho Constitucional Nr. 88, 131-162 (2010).
- Buchbesprechung: Elkins, Zachary, Tom, Melton, James Ginsburg: The Endurance of National Constitutions. Oxford e.a., 2010. In: Közjogi Szemle (Review of Public Law), 2, 58-59 (2011).
- Buchbesprechung: García-Pelayo, Manuel: Obras Completas de Manuel García-Pelayo, 2ª edición. Madrid, 2009. In: Der Staat, 1, 151-155 (2011).
- Buchbesprechung: García-Pelayo, Manuel: Obras Completas de Manuel García-Pelayo, 2ª edición. Madrid, 2009. In: Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, 1, 1437-1442 (2010).
- Az Alkotmánybíróságról szóló rész ‘így aligha elfogadható’ – Jakab András jogász az alkotmánytervről (The part on the Constitutional Court ‘is actually not acceptable in this form’ – András Jakab lawyer on the proposal of the new Constitution). In: origo, 1, 10.03.2011. http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20110310-jakab-andras-a-ppke-docense-az-uj-alkotmany-tervezeterol.html
- Népfelség és alkotmánybíráskodás (Popular Sovereignty and Constitutional Review). In: Heti Válasz (Weekly Response), 63, 10.02.2011.
- Az alkotmányos rendszer arkhimédeszi pontja az alkotmánybíráskodás (The Archimedean point of a constitutional system is the constitutional court). In: HVG, 34-35, 15.01.2011.
- Az új Alkotmány koncepcióterve: lebegtetés és pontatlanságok (The New Plan for a Constitution: Undecided Issues and Impreciseness). In: origo – komment.hu, 1, 09.12.2010. http://www.komment.hu/tartalom/20101209-velemeny-az-uj-alkotmanykoncepciorol.html
Vorträge
20.09.2012
“Az új Alaptörvény és a jogértelmezés” (New Hungarian Basic Law and the Judicial Interpretation of Statutes)
26.06.2012
Constitutional Visions of the Nation
30.05.2012
Continuity with Deficiencies: The New Hungarian Basic Law
18.04.2012
Judge Made Law in Hungarian Legal History
10.04.2012
Judicial Reasoning in Constitutional Courts
13.03.2012
Constitutional Visions of the Nation
29.02.2012
“Az új Magyar Alaptörvény” (The New Hungarian Basic Law)
lecture at the Sapientia University
26.01.2012
Democratizing the European Union
28.09.2011
A független intézmények értelme egy alkotmányos demokráciában (The Reasons for Having Independent Institutions in a Constitutional Democracy)
20.05.2011
Parliamentarisation of the EU without Changing the Treaties
05.12.2010
The Rule of Law in Times of Terrorist Challenge
18.11.2010
Mire jó egy alkotmány? (What is a Constitution for?)
01.06.2010
Nice words with no practical relevance. Control of European affairs in the Hungarian Parliament
Lehrveranstaltungen
2012/2013, first semester
Comparative Constitutional Law
2011/2012, first semester
Vergleichende Verfassungslehre [comparative constitutional theory]
Wissenschaftliche Auszeichnungen und Rufe
Mitgliedschaften
10.2011– Member of the Committee of Legal and Political Sciences (Állam- és Jogtudományi Bizottság) at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
06.2008– Member of the Societas Iuris Publici Europaei (SIPE) (European Association of Public Lawyers)
11.2007– Individual Member of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL)
07.2007– Member of the Public Body (köztestületi tag) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
03.2007– Member of The Society of Legal Scholars (U.K.)
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
10.2012– member of the Editorial Board of the Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law (Eleven Publishing)
01.2011– editor of the Pázmány Law Working Papers series, available at http://www.plwp.jak.ppke.hu/hu/
01.2010– Founding Editor in Chief of the law journal Jogesetek Magyarázata (Case Notes), published quarterly by Opten Kft. (Hungary), available at www.jema.hu
Sonstiges
Funding applications, CONFERENCES ORGANISED AND PROJECTS LED
01.09.2011– leading a project as a Schumpeter Fellow on “Constitutional Reasoning in Europe. A Linguistic Turn in Comparative Constitutional Law”, financed by the VolkswagenStiftung (499.300 Euro); project details available at http://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/organization/schumpeter.cfm
15.08.2011– co-organised a Special Workshop on Constitutional Reasoning: Theoretical Perspectives at the IVR XXVth World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) (co-organiser: Arthur Dyevre)
04.02.2011 co-organised a national conference on constitution making (co-organiser: Tímea Drinóczi) (Budapest, PPKE JÁK, PTE ÁJK)
20.12.2010 co-organised a national conference on constitution making (co-organiser: András Körösényi) (Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Political Sciences), title of the conference: Alkotmányozás Magyarországon és máshol. Politikatudományi és közjogi megközelítések (Constitution-Making in Hungary and Elsewhere. Approaches in Political Science and Public Law)
09.2010– co-organised the legal research seminar series at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Pázmány Jogi Műhelyszemináriumok, co-organiser: András Koltay)
09.2009–06.2010 co-organised the international lecture series of the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (co-organisers: Lasse Thomassen and Amaya Úbeda de Torres)
15–22.09.2009 co-organised a Special Workshop on The Many Fates of Legal Positivism at the IVR XXIVth World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy in Beijing (China) (co-organisers: Otto Pfersmann and Jürgen Busch)
06.2006–11.2009 led the project on the Commentary on the Hungarian Constitution (through election by the then project-participants) taken over from László Sólyom (former president of the Hungarian Constitutional Court) after his withdrawal following his election as the President of the Republic of Hungary; project data: 5 workshops during Autumn 2007 – Spring 2008, 45 participants, budget ca. 50.000 Euro
7–8.04.2006 conference organised together with Prof. Péter Takács (the then Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, ELTE University Budapest) on The Transformation of the Hungarian Legal Order 1985/1990-2005
04.2003 successfully applied on behalf of the Calvinist University Károli Gáspár to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for the sponsorship of a research group of two academics on the law of copyright
10.2002–02.2003 organised a conference on “Enforcement of Law – Application of Law”, Calvinist University Károli Gáspár in Budapest (Hungary)