Pandémia és különleges jogrend Magyarországon
Összefoglalás. A tanulmány a Covid–19 pandémiára adott jogalkotói lehetőségeket és válaszokat elemzi, külön figyelmet fordítva a vonatkozó hazai jogfejlődésre. A szerzők elméleti síkon haladva, de gyakorlati példákkal szemléltetve értelmezik a hazai megoldásokat, amelyeket a pandémiás válság kezelésére alkalmaztak az államok. Az alkalmazott megoldásoknak kettős feltételnek kell megfelelniük: a jogállamisági és hatékonysági szempontoknak egyidejűleg kell érvényesülniük. A demokratikus intézményeknek mindebben aktív szerepük van, ugyanakkor lényeges a meghozott intézkedések politikai elfogadottsága is. Summary. The essay displays the possibilities and answers of the legislature and the Government of Hungary regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, with a special focus on the Hungarian constitutional traditions and development. The essay reaches out from the theoretical for practical reassurance primarily through solutions used in Hungary and secondarily in other European countries. Displaying the struggles of solution seeking in Hungary and other European countries provides a platform for a much-needed comparative approach. These practices must comply with two conditions: maintaining the rule of law and effectiveness, both of which have to prevail simultaneously. Like in the case of the delicate and ever balancing antiterrorist solutions of western democracies, two very different questions of ‘How can we survive?’ and ‘How can our way of life prevail in the end?’ must be answered with the same answer. The democratic institutions have a crucial role, and with that role these institutions have to be continuously active. In times of grave danger, with a real threat to human life, an emergency with the possibility of such a devastation that paralyses or eliminates state and society, the original role of democratic institutions to serve the people is enhanced. The political acceptance (legitimacy) of the emergency measures taken during the pandemic can make a great difference, but the question of legitimacy itself, favorable as it should be, need not be the most crucial question regarding emergency laws. Introducing emergency legislation is based on some level of real or anticipated threat. The focus and only real goal of emergency legislation, by definition, must always be ensuring the safe return to normal or peacetime legislation. So we can say with confidence that functioning democratic institutions provide a much better chance of a safe and timely return to normalcy and leaving pandemic restrictions behind.