The current state of the Hungarian legal system – book launch at the Academy

26th October, 2016

How are the aims of policies and political approaches represented in Hungarian legislation and law enforcement processes? What conclusions can be drawn from the experiences of the past ten years concerning the Hungarian legal system in comparison with that of the European Union? How effective is the Hungarian judiciary system, and how do structural and personnel resources influence the standards of jurisdiction? Among other problems, these questions are addressed by the thick volume edited by András Jakab, Head of the MTA Centre for Social Sciences Institute for Legal Studies (MTA TK JTI) and György Gajduschek, Senior Research Fellow at the institute.

The editors hope to update the contents of the volume from time to time and publish modernised versions of the volume, prepared with the intention of being cutting-edge, which are to be used at universities for the everyday work of lawyers and by the general public as well. The introduction emphasises that the authors of the almost thirty studies were encouraged to “include forecasts or predictions in their analysis, which is an unusual trend in traditional continental juridical approach. They were also encouraged to propose suggestions for improvement. The authors were asked to part with the usual legal style and use text or number charts, or to use graphs where appropriate.”

Current social political issues are addressed by several projects of the MTA Centre for Social Sciences, including the above-described book by MTA TK JTI. The biannual report submitted to the Parliament on the work of the Academy and on the present general situation of science also presents a comprehensive account of this research.