Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests:
Dr Gyorfi's main teaching and research interests are in Legal Theory and Comparative Constitutional Law. He has published two books in Hungarian in these fields. (The Political Character of Judicial Review, 2001; The Perspectives of Contemporary Legal Positivism, 2006).
He is interested in supervising research students working in the following areas: Legal Theory (especially legal reasoning and the normativity of law), Public Law, Comparative Constitutional Law (especially constitutional judicial review, popular sovereignty), Human Rights (especially freedom of religion).
His current research revolves around the justification of constitutional judicial review, constitutional interpretation and the "juridification" of human rights protection. He is particularly interested in the theoretical issues raised by the weak form of judicial review.
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Research Output 2008 2019
The legitimacy of the European human rights regime: a view from the United Kingdom
Győrfi, T., Mar 2019, In : Global Constitutionalism. 8, 1, p. 123-156 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
legitimacy
human rights
Council of Europe
criticism
The Supreme Court (House of Lords) of the United Kingdom
Győrfi, T., Apr 2017, Comparative Constitutional Reasoning. Jakab, A., Dyevre, A. & Itzcovich, G. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 679-722 43 p. 17Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1
Citation
(Scopus)
4
Downloads
(Pure)
Why Is the Equal Merit Principle (Almost) Straightforwardly Wrong?
Győrfi, T., Nov 2017, In : Modern Law Review. 80, 6, p. 1052-1072 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
doctrine
act
offense
7
Citations
(Scopus)
Against the New Constitutionalism
Gyorfi, T., 30 Sep 2016, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 288 p. (Elgar Monographs in Constitutional and Administrative Law series)Research output: Book/Report › Book
constitutionalism
World War
paradigm
Alan Paterson, Final Judgment: The last Law Lords and the Supreme Court
Gyorfi, T., 1 Jun 2015, In : Edinburgh Law Review. 19, 2, p. 289-291 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Activities 2017 2019
Constitutionalism and Disagreement
Tamas Gyorfi (Speaker)9 May 2019 → 10 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
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Judicial diversity - why is the rate of progress so slow?
Tamas Gyorfi (Speaker)15 Nov 2017
Activity: Talk, presentation, public lecture, public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Invited talk
Is Weak Judicial Review a Viable Alternative in Europe?
Tamas Gyorfi (Speaker)6 Jul 2017
Activity: Talk, presentation, public lecture, public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Invited talk
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