The Regulation of Criminal Defamation and Insult in Hungary between 1880 – 1979
The Regulation of Criminal Defamation and Insult in Hungary between 1880 – 1979

Summary/Abstract: This article is about the history of the regulation of defamatory criminal law delicts. It first describes how the first Hungarian penal code regulated defamation, insult and desecration, and gives a brief introduction to procedural issues closely related to the material law regulations as well. Then it follows the changes of the regulation of the delicts, starting with the modifying act in 1914 about the protection of reputation through the regulation about military criminal law to the provisions of the two penal codes (of 1961 and 1978) preceding the valid criminal law regulation. As it may be seen from this essay, Hungarian defamation law has been quite developed at the end of the 19th century, moreover, regarding its dogmatic elaboration it was among the most modern ones in Europe, and this leading role has not changed ever since; regarding the elaboration of criminal act violating reputation, human dignity and the good reputation of persons Hungarian legal regulation has been among the best in Europe.

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