„Többségvédelmi” szempontok érvényesülése a nemzeti kisebbségi jogok alkalmazásában. Értelmezések és viszonyulások az alkotmánybírósági gyakorlatban
Enforcement of “Majority Protection” Aspects in the Application of National Minority Rights. Interpretations and Attitudes in the Practice of the Constitutional Court of Romania

Summary/Abstract: The jurisprudence of the Romanian Constitutional Court does not abound in cases solved in connection with the legislation on the rights of national minorities and the minority rights guaranteed in the Constitution. In the course of constitutional practice related to minority rights, a strict textualist conception of role prevails and follows its previous case-law practice. The minority rights appear partly as fundamental rights and partly in the context of the rules on state organization. The constitutional interpretation of these rights is rigid, sometimes narrowing. At the same time, in addition to the textualist interpretation, the practice of the Constitutional Court implies possibilities to guarantee these rights. The presentation of this approach is carried out based on the detailed analysis of four decisions of the Constitutional Court, examining the issues of language rights, minority education rights, the use of national symbols, and the recently adopted so-called Act on Trianon.

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