nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201008-233515-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201008s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201008-233515-0 doi eng 342 23 Uitz, Renáta Author aut Finally: The CJEU Defends Academic Freedom Uitz, Renáta Verfassungsblog 2020-10-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The CJEU’s judgment against Hungary in the CEU case is the first major judicial pronouncement by a European court on the institutional dimension of academic freedom as a fundamental human right. Infringement action has become the surprise weapon in the Commission’s rule of law toolbox. The initial surprise is a thing of the past: over the years the Hungarian government has built some defenses of its own, using familiar components of the European constitutional architecture in service of illiberal democracy. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Freedom CEU CJEU Infringement Procedure Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/finally-the-cjeu-defends-academic-freedom/ raw object