Of course, Hungary is not the only country whose legal system is affected by certain rulings of the US Supreme Court, in any case, in some cases, a thorough knowledge of the jurisprudence built around the First Amendment to the Constitution is absolutely necessary Hungarian Fundamental Rights Disputes – revealed from the Freedom of Expression publication And Religion in the USA, published by Wolters Kluwer.
The First Amendment to the US Constitution is one of the most influential legal documents on freedom of speech and the press. It is not only one of the pillars of the US political system, but has also influenced many other legal systems in the world, and has become the basis for the development of global standards of freedom of expression. The First Amendment to the Constitution has practical significance and a role outside of America as well. You don’t have to go far to prove it.
Since the early years of its establishment, the Hungarian Constitutional Court has been referring to the case law of the Supreme Court of the United States. Of course, Hungary is not the only country whose legal system is affected by certain rulings of the US Supreme Court, however, in order to adjudicate Hungarian fundamental rights disputes, and in some cases a thorough knowledge of the jurisprudence built around the First Amendment to the Constitution is absolutely essential.
To date, no such detailed overview was available in the Hungarian language that would present the full practice of the First Amendment to the Constitution in a comprehensive and encyclopedic manner. Russell L. Weaver, a professor at the University of Louisville, Louis de Brandeis College of Law, is a distinguished scholar of freedom of speech and religion, as well as public administration and constitutional law, and his book has been translated into Hungarian in six editions. To date he has served many law students.
In the above, I tried to convey why it is important for us in Hungary to know the American legal approach. The volume, now easily accessible in Hungary, will also help university students, researchers, legal practitioners and public decision-makers.
