Communist Trials of 1919 in Northern Transdanubia
Hungarian Soviet Republic; communist trials; political offences; criminal liability; legal continuity; regime change
The article examines criminal proceedings conducted after the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic against former communist officials in Northern Transdanubia. It evaluates their substantive and procedural legality, the interpretation of political offences, and the tension between legal continuity, justice, and retroactive punishment.
NAGY, SZABOLCS
The Groundlines of the States Armed Defence and Its Evolution...
Armed defence; military governance; civilian control; defence constitution; state violence; Hungarian legal history
The article develops a systemic legal framework for the state’s armed-defence institutions and their control under the rule of law. It combines theoretical analysis with a historical examination of Hungarian military and defence regulation between 1867 and 1944.
FARKAS, ÁDÁM
The Right to Good Administrative Procedure and Its Elements
Good administration; administrative procedure; procedural rights; rule of law; Council of Europe; legal certainty
The article examines the emergence of the right to good administrative procedure through Council of Europe standards and Hungarian administrative law. It analyses procedural guarantees such as lawfulness, legal certainty, equality, participation, reason-giving, access to information, and effective remedies.
VÁCZI, PÉTER
The Criminal Political Questions of the Fight Against Terrorism
Terrorism; criminal policy; substantive criminal law; counter-terrorism; international criminal law; terrorist groups
The article examines the substantive criminal-law and criminal-policy foundations of counter-terrorism at national, European, and international levels. It critically evaluates Hungarian regulation and proposes a revised statutory definition of terrorist offences, participation, financing, threats, and terrorist groups.

