The World we once knew so well has drastically changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as its effects have reached all sectors of our life, and the legal system is no exception. Governments had to adapt quickly to the challenges in order to save as many human lives as possible. In Hungary, this adaption also meant invoking a state of special legal order, as laid down in the Fundamental Law of Hungary. These emergency processes have the aim of centralizing state power, thus speeding up the state’s reaction and strengthening its self-defense capabilities, as it seems that one of the key success factors fighting against a pandemic is the timing of the countermeasures.