Historical significance of the Hungarian Civil Code Project from 1928 Cover Image

Projekt węgierskiego Kodeksu prawa prywatnego z 1928 r. – znaczenie z perspektywy historycznoprawnej
Historical significance of the Hungarian Civil Code Project from 1928

Author(s): Emőd Veress
Subject(s): History of Law, Civil Law, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Keywords: private law codification; Hungary; year 1928; customary law;

Summary/Abstract: Although the 1928 Civil Code Project never came into force, it is considered to be the most important pre-WWII civil codification instrument, referred also in the legal practice, which was undeniably a high quality text with real scientific value. The proposed Civil Code also served as a model and point of reference for the two subsequent Hungarian Civil Codes (Law IV of 1959 and Law V of 2013, the later still in force). The project signaled the passing the borderline between a historical customary law and a codified private law. Its fate reflects all the difficulties of this transition. Conjuring this development and knowing the fate of this still of practical use today: on one hand we can identify the historical roots of continuity, on other hand we can investigate the reasons of discontinuity, which makes this debate very actual.

  • Issue Year: 12/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 178-199
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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