Ein Vergissmeinnicht in der ungarischen Rechtsgeschichte – erster Entwurf von József Eötvös
A Forget-Me-Not in the Hungarian History of Law – First Draft of József Eötvös

Summary/Abstract: Baron József Eötvös (1813-1871) was a famous Hungarian statesman and writer, who has had the possibility to be two times the minister for religion and public education in Hungary (in 1848 and between 1867-1871). He drafted two proposals to the Hungarian Parliament concerning the legal questions of higher education, none of them were accepted.My study is dealing with the first draft of Eötvös, which is about the fundamental regulation of the Hungarian University (there was only one university in the Kingdom of Hungary at that time). It is dealing with organisational questions, administrative issues, and with the jurisdictional competence of the university as well. This draft contains a „little criminal code” within, with crimes, punishments and procedures as well, what gives us a very interesting overview about the everyday life of the university and of the imagination of Eötvös as well.It is interesting to know, that there is only one copy of this draft in Hungary: it can be found in the University Library of ELTE and it is connected to the Student Plan of 1823-1848.

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