I presented my paper, "Authoritarian Legalism Undermining Democracy,” at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA), held on 12-14 November 2026 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The presentation explored how contemporary authoritarian regimes use law to consolidate political power and undermine democratic institutions, focusing on the Hungarian experience under the Orbán regime. I also examined how authoritarian legalism challenges the European Union’s legal order and discussed the possibilities of defending constitutional democracy against the weaponisation of law.
