ELTE Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1667 and it is located in Egyetem tér in Belváros-Lipótváros, Budapest, Hungary.[1]

The Faculty of Law at Egyetem tér in Belváros-Lipótváros
Faculty of Law
ELTE Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar
The main building of the Faculty in Egyetem tér
Established1667
DeanPál Sonnevend
Students2000
Address
1-3 Egyetem tér
,
Budapest
,
Hungary
CampusUrban
Sporting affiliations
Budapesti EAC
Websiteajk.elte.hu

History

The Faculty of Law was founded in 1667, 32 years later the foundation of Eötvös Loránd University. Between 1667 and 1872, law education was only at the Faculty of Law in Hungary. Since the foundation of the Babeș-Bolyai University (at that time called Franz Joseph University) in 1872, there had been more universities offering courses on law.

Since the nineteenth century, there had been a high quality of law education attributed to the following educators: Gusztáv Wenzel, Jenő Balogh, Győző Concha, László Fayer, Béni Grosschmid, Sándor Plósz, Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz, and Tamás Vécsey. For a long time, the professors of the Faculyt were at the same time members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

In 1900 the edifice of the Faculty was inaugurated. The building was designed by Sándor Baumgarten and Zsigmond Herczegh.[2]

Between World War I and World War II, there had been high quality of education related to the following professors: Ferenc Eckhart, László Gajzágó, Zoltán Magyary, Géza Marton, Gyula Moór, Ákos Navratil, Endre Nizsalovszky, and Károly Szladits.

In 1948, several changes were implemented following the principles of Socialism causing damages to the entire structure of the Faculty. These changes included the introduction of the obligatory seminars, the structure of the Faculty, the foundation of student associations etc.[3]

In 1987, Viktor Orbán graduated from the Faculty. During his studies at the Faculty, he also founded the journal Szászadvég.[4]

Miklós Király, Dean of the Faculty, wrote an open letter to Viktor Orbán in connection with the situation of the Central European University.[5]

Departments

There are 16 departments at the Faculty of Law.[6] Apart from 16 departments, there is one institute and one lectorate.[7][8]

Department
Center for Theory of Law and Society
Department of Administrative Law
Department of Agrarian Law
Department of Civil Law
Department of Civil Procedure
Department of Constitutional Law
Department of Criminal Law
Department of Criminal Procedures and Correction
Department of Criminology
Department of Economics and Statistics
Department of Fiscal and Financial Law
Department of International Law
Department of Labour Law and Social Law
Department of Private International Law and European Economic Law
Department of Roman Law and Comparative Legal History
Department of the History of Hungarian State and Law

Organisation

Faculty leadership
TitleName
DeanPál Sonnevend
Sub-dean Réka Somssich
Krisztina Rozsnyai
István Varga

Deans
  • Attila Harmathy
  • Lajos Ficzere
  • Miklós Király (1 July 2008 – 1 July 2016)
  • Attila Menyhárd (1 July 2016 – 1 July 2019)[9]
  • Pál Sonnevend (1 July 2019 –)[10]

Programs

The university currently offers three Master programs in English: Master in European and international business law, Master in European human rights, and Master in international and European taxation.[11] There are two doctoral schools at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciencies: the Doctoral School of Law and the Doctoral School of Political Science.[12]

Notable researchers
DepartmentResearcher
Department of Civil LawFerenc Mádl, János Németh, László Sólyom
Department of Criminal LawKálmán Györgyi, Péter Polt
Department of PoliticsTamás Fellegi

Notable alumni

In parentheses, the year the degree was obtained.

Árpád Göncz was the President of Hungary between 1990 and 2000

Honorary doctorates

Library

The Library of the Faculty of Law is located in Egyetem tér.[13]

  • Bird view
    Bird view
  • The façade
    The façade
  • At night
    At night

References
  1. "ELTE Faculty of Law". www.ajk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  2. "Százhúsz éves a jogi egyetem épülete – Elveszítette kupoláját a háborúban a belvárosi palota". pestbuda.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  3. "A Kar története". www.ajk.elte.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  4. "CV of Viktor Orbán". 2010-2015.miniszterelnok.hu. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  5. Staff (2017-04-18). "ELTE law department head writes open letter to Viktor Orbán". The Budapest Beacon. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  6. "Departments". www.ajk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  7. "Institute of Political Sciences". www.ajk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  8. "Department of Foreign Languages". www.ajk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  9. "Hivatalba lépett a Kar új dékánja". www.ajk.elte.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  10. "Új dékán az ÁJK élén". www.elte.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  11. "Master programs in English". www.ajk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  12. "Doctoral programs". www.ajk.elte.hu/en (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  13. "Kari Könyvtár". www.ajk.elte.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-08-30.
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