Administrative Justice & Judicial Review
Administrative Adjudication in the History of the Development of the Country
Administrative adjudication; judicial review; administrative courts; legal remedies; rule of law; Hungarian legal history
Administrative adjudication is not unknown in Hungarian history. From the end of the 19th century until the middle of the 20th century, administrative courts, separate from the ordinary courts, exercised judicial control over the public administration. After the socialist takeover, the administrative courts were abolished and judicial control was relegated to the background, with judicial review, limited to an extremely narrow circle, being carried out by the ordinary courts. After the change of regime, with the rule of law coming to the fore, judicial redress became more prominent again and the idea of setting up administrative courts was again raised, but concrete steps in this direction had to wait until the mid-2010s. After lengthy legislative and constitutional work, the constitutional and legislative basis for the establishment of administrative courts was created by 2018, but as a result of EU and international pressure, they were not established.
KOZÁK, BETTINA
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 Supervision of the Legality of Local Governments
Local governments; legality supervision; municipal autonomy; government offices; judicial review; public administration
The article compares Hungary’s former legality-review system with the stronger legality-supervision framework introduced in 2012. It evaluates whether supervisory instruments adequately protect the public interest and legality while preserving local-government autonomy and proportionality.
GYURITA, RITA
Financial Correction Applied in Case of Irregularity
EU financial assistance; financial correction; irregularity procedure; structural funds; repayment; judicial review
The article examines financial corrections imposed for the improper use of EU structural and cohesion funds in Hungary. It analyses irregularity procedures, repayment obligations, available remedies, and the complex interaction between public-law authority and civil-law contractual relations.
SZABÓ, KINGA SZANDRA
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