nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170401-102552 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170331s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170401-102552 doi eng 342 23 Halmai, Gábor Author aut Legally sophisticated authoritarians: the Hungarian Lex CEU Halmai, Gábor Verfassungsblog 2017-03-31 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Contemporary authoritarian leaders understand that in a globalized world the more brutal forms of intimidation are best replaced with more subtle forms of coercion. Therefore, they work in a more ambiguous spectrum that exists between democracy and authoritarianism, and from a distance, many of them look almost democratic. They take advantage of formalistic legal arguments against their enemies. Similarly, the new draft law of the Hungarian government also uses legal tricks to force the Central European University to cease operation in Budapest. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Academic Freedom Authoritarianism Victor Orbán Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/legally-sophisticated-authoritarians-the-hungarian-lex-ceu/ raw object