Published
2023-04-30
Keywords
- misdemeanor law,
- misdemeanor,
- Hungary,
- preparatory proceedings,
- enforcement proceedings,
- legal comparative studies,
- liability
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Abstract
The author of this article presents in detail Hungarian legal regulations on misdemeanour cases. He describes the entirety of the regulations contained in Act No. 1 of 1968, with particular attention devoted to comparative aspects with Polish criminal and administrative law. The author presents the legal principles of liability, limitation periods and erasure of convictions, describes the types of offences, characterises the adjudicating authorities and the proceedings in offence cases and presents the practices of jurisprudence prevailing in the Hungarian People’s Republic at that time.