CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE AND THE COMMON GOOD
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE AND THE COMMON GOOD

Summary/Abstract: As a specialist in civil and commerical law, I am glad to have the pportunity to contribute to the restoration to political thinking in Hungary, after several years of conspicuous absence, of the notion of service of the common good as a legitimate aim and obligation of the state. t is particularly important to address questions concerning the service of the common good now, at a time when it has become abundantly clear that over the past several years Hungary has found itself in the grip of an increasingly dire economic, social, and moral crisis. Corruption has caused the social fabric to fray at an ever more rapid pace. We face a demographic crisis as well. The birth rate continues to drop, leaving the country with a shrinking workforce that will hardly be able to sustain the systems providing financial support and health services for the elderly. Finally, institutions of higher education, charged with the tasks of passing on knowledge to the next generation and fostering critical, analytical thinking skills, find themselves in an ever more desperate situation compared with similar institutions in the rest of Europe.

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