Towards a Theory of “Unconventional Constitutional Amendments”: Some Lessons from the Baka Case

Verso una teoria degli emendamenti costituzionali non convenzionali: alcune lezioni dal caso Baka

Abstract

The article aims at proposing a theory of unconventional constitutional amendments. The introduction illustrates the scope and structure of the paper
(Section A). The First Section briefly explains the main doctrines on the unconstitutionality of constitutional amendments. Section 2 presents the background of the case Baka v. Hungary. In the third Section, we analyse the reasoning of the ECtHR in the framework of this paper. Finally, the conclusion (Section 4) provides some ideas to implement a theory of unconventional constitutional amendments.

Keywords: ECHR; ECtHR; Constitutional Revision; Hungary; Baka