Trust, Resilience: The Legal Regulation and Reality of the Epidemical Legislation and Municipal Decision-Making in Hungary in the Time of Corona(virus)

István Hoffman

Abstract


The Hungarian administrative law has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several rules – which were introduced during the state of danger based on the epidemic situation – have been incorporated into the Hungarian legal system. The administrative procedural law has been influenced by the epidemic transformation. Although these changes have been related to the current epidemiological situation, it seems that the “legislative background” of the pandemic offered an opportunity to the central government to pass significant reforms, and therefore these reforms significantly impacted trust in the Hungarian public administration.


Keywords


Hungarian administrative law; epidemiological situation; trust; resilience; municipalities; Hungary; COVID-19

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/g.2021.68.2.83-90
Date of publication: 2022-06-14 17:29:32
Date of submission: 2022-02-11 21:51:36


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