Radicalised Conservatism in the Hungarian Constitution: An Analysis of Justifications for Rule of Law Backsliding

Introduction: the Scruton-Fidesz connection - Literature: Hungary's rule of law backsliding and the Hungarian constitution - Methods: analysing ideological justifications and contemporary conservatism - Findings: the traditional family as the base for the existence of the nation - Individual rights' dependency on communal obligations - Constitutional originalism and limitations on judicial review - History as a moral guide and historical revisionism - An exclusionary Hungarian constitutional identity - Analysis: traditionalist conservative values in the Hungarian Constitution and their manipulation - The radicalisation of conservatism - The struggle over the centre-right, and its implications on the future of democracy