According to liberals, the rule of law and democracy are only authentic if they take on a liberal character. In fact, however, both were formed long before the birth of liberalism. That is why it is possible to interpret the rule of law and democracy without liberalism - says Harvard professor Adrian Vermeule, who recently visited Hungary.
Hungary is resisting the destruction of liberalism, which promotes the doctrines of instability, says Adrian Vermeule, professor of constitutional law at the Harvard Law Department, who was recently guest speaker at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium and the National Public Service University. Balázs Orbán, political director of the prime minister and chairman of the MCC board of trustees, drew attention to the importance of the presentation on his social media page.
As he wrote, the Harvard professor points out that liberalism as a political movement equates the rule of law with liberalism and democracy with liberalism. That is why it requires society to accept as a fact that the rule of law and democracy are only authentic if they take on a liberal character.
"According to Vermeule, however, this statement is false, as the idea of the rule of law and democracy were formed long before the birth of liberalism. That is why it is possible to interpret the rule of law and democracy without liberalism, that is, the rule of law is not necessarily liberal," stated Balázs Orbán.
He added that the professor believes that an alternative to liberalism can be provided by the Christian-democratic constitutional system, which is in line with natural law and the natural foundations such as family, marriage and traditional morality. The Hungarian constitutional system is a good example of this.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
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