Criminal Law 1
The aim of the Course: The Content of the Course:The purpose of education to ensure the necessary knowledge of criminal law for practicing legal profession.
Course description: Education embraces the history of European and Hungarian criminal law jurisprudence and the development of national codification. Studies on criminal law includes the sources of criminal law, the system and structure of criminal law, and the interpretation of criminal law. The jurisprudential definition of crime and its definition by the criminal law in force is educated within the framework of the studies on crime as well as the studies on the statutory definition. In the last part of the semester, the system of obstacles of criminal prosecution is analyzed according to Hungarian Criminal Code. This will help students to get to know the structure of obstacles, the characteristics and main specialties of the grounds for preclusion of punishability and the grounds for termination of punishability.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Ervin Belovics – Ferenc Nagy – Mihály Tóth: Criminal Law. Budapest, HVG-Orac, 2014.; The new Hungarian Criminal Code (Act C of 2012); Curriculum of academic lecture.
Criminal Law 2
The aim of the Course: The purpose of education to ensure the necessary knowledge of criminal law for practicing legal profession.
Course description: The course provides a dogmatic analysis of the phases of crimes and related legal consequences, an accurate overview of perpetrators. It presents the forms of social perpetration (criminal conspiracy, criminal organization, crime committed in group). The course discusses the issue of single- and cumulative 'act of crime' followed by an exposition of studies in criminal consequences. Within this framework, special attention is given to theoretical issues of the system of penal enforcement law, with especial regard to Hungarian peculiarities. Punishments and sanctions, the rules of sentencing and the exoneration from aggravating circumstances upon prior conviction are described in detail.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Ervin Belovics – Ferenc Nagy – Mihály Tóth: Criminal Law. Budapest, HVG-Orac, 2014.; The new Hungarian Criminal Code (Act C of 2012); Curriculum of academic lectures.
Criminal Law 3
The aim of the Course: The purpose of education to ensure the necessary knowledge of criminal law for practicing legal profession.
Course description: Course embraces a dogmatic analysis of criminal acts under Chapters X to Title V of Chapter XV in the Special Part of the Criminal Code. Within this framework, all statutory definitions under these Chapters are described in detail, together with a thorough introduction to both the objective and subjective sides of crimes. Lectures provide a comprehensive overview of the history of the most important crimes, the specialties of the codification process, the Constitutional Court's decision concerning protected legal subject, and of decisions on principals of the Curia of Hungary.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Ervin Belovics – Gábor Molnár – Pál Sinku: Criminal Law. Budapest, HVG-Orac, 2014.; The new Hungarian Criminal Code (Act C of 2012); Curriculum of academic lectures.
Criminal Law 4
The aim of the Course: The purpose of education to ensure the necessary knowledge of criminal law for practicing legal profession.
Course description: Course embraces a dogmatic analysis of criminal acts under Chapters X to Title V of Chapter XV in the Special Part of the Criminal Code. Within this framework, all statutory definitions under these Chapters are described in detail, together with a thorough introduction to both the objective and subjective sides of crimes. Lectures provide a comprehensive overview of the history of the most important crimes, the specialties of the codification process, the Constitutional Court's decision concerning protected legal subject, and of decisions on principals of the Curia of Hungary.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Ervin Belovics – Gábor Molnár – Pál Sinku: Criminal Law. The new Hungarian Criminal Code (Act C of 2012)
Budapest, HVG-Orac, 2014.;Curriculum of academic lectures
Penal Euforcement Law
The aim of the Course: The objectives of the prison law course are the following: to make students acquainted with the enforcement of criminal law sanctions and criminal measures restricting liberty; to make students aware of the techniques ensuring that persons made liable for committing crimes are not imposed harsher disadvantages than those prescribed by law; and to make students understand that sanctions imposed by the final judicial decision need to be executed in line with the dictates of the rule of law.
Course description: Act CCXL of 2013 on the execution of punishments, criminal measures, certain coercive measures and confinement for administrative offences, i.e. the new Prison Code and its commentary encompass the presentation of all provisions in utmost detail and provide assistance for their application in practice. The overview of historical antecedents of prison law jurisprudence, discussion of related international requirements, expectations and theoretical foundations are followed by the examination of legal provisions. The course covers the enforcement and commencement of the execution of punishments, criminal measures, certain coercive measures and confinement for administrative offences; the order of execution, tasks of organs and persons participating in the execution of punishment; the legal status, rights and obligations of persons made liable, and the enforcement of these; furthermore convicts' reintegration into society.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Ervin Belovics – György Vókó: A büntetés-végrehajtási törvény magyarázata [Commentary to the Act on Prisons], Budapest, HVG-ORAC, 2014.
Criminal Procedure Law 1
The aim of the Course: The purpose of education to ensure the necessary knowledge of criminal law for practicing legal profession.
Course description: Historical and comparative analysis of the focal points of this branch of law, and overview of the principals of criminal procedural law. This course will also demonstrate the existing legislation on the court, the prosecution, the investigating authority and the participants of a criminal procedure. Furthermore, it involves the study of evidence and of coercive measures with or without limiting personal freedom. Lectures contain the complete overview of the investigation phase, and the introduction of rules for the procedure of investigating judges as well. Students will be informed about decisions on principals of the Curia of Hungary.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Ervin Belovics – Mihály Tóth (eds.): Criminal Procedural Law. Budapest, HVG-Orac, 2013.
The Act of Criminal Procedure (Act XIX of 1998); Curriculum of academic lectures
Criminal Procedure Law 2
The aim of the Course: The purpose of education to ensure the necessary knowledge of criminal law for practicing legal profession.
Course description: The course introduces the students to the analysis of the indictment phase of the procedure, with special regard to the formal and content requirements. The course also describes the mediation process and postponing the indictment, gives an overview of the rules governing the court of first instance, the court of appeal and of the Curia of Hungary. It defines appeal, both its characteristic features and types. Education extends to the procedure of extraordinary appeal, and the rules of exceptional or special procedures. Students are provided with information on decisions of principle of the Curia of Hungary.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Ervin Belovics – Mihály Tóth (eds.): Criminal Procedural Law. Budapest, HVG-Orac, 2013.
The Act of Criminal Procedure (Act XIX of 1998); Curriculum of academic lectures
European Penal Enforcement Law:
The aim of the Course: The purpose of education is to transfer of knowledge of European aspects of penal enforcement law.
Course description: European penal enforcement law discusses how the requirements of European conventions on human rights are met during the execution of the criminal sanctions, coercive measures and other restrictions on freedom and rights. This course demonstrates the relevant recommendations of the European Council, the European Union and the CPT, and over and above, it presents the relevant practices of the European Court of Human Rights.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: György Vókó: European Penal Enforcement Law. Budapest-Pécs: Dialóg Campus, 2006 ISBN 963 9542 776
International and European Criminal Law
The aim of the Course: The changing and development of international crime has resulted the quick development of international and European criminal law. The knowledge of the fundamental principles of this expanding and a brand new legal discipline has meanwhile become an essential part of legal training.
Course description: The course introduces the students to the international agreements and recommendations related to criminal law. The course also describes the relevant practices of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union, and over and above, the relevant rules, directives and resolutions of these institutions. The course also provides the appearance of the commitments of international agreements in legislation and in legal practice.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Curriculum of academic lectures
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Act XXXI of 1993)
Criminalistics
Purpose of the course: Introduction of the evidence instruments and methods by using current the technical and scientifical instrument-system.
Content of the course:
Criminal technology:
- theory of clues
- biological matter remnants
- judicial handwriting-examination
- judicial theory of fire-arms
- personal identification dactiloscopy
- criminal records
- criminalistics experts and consultants
Criminaltactics and methodology:
- local inquiry
- evidence attempt
- investigation on the spot
- showing for recognition
- interrogation, confronting
- investigation
- integrated systems and methods of criminal investigation
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Dr. Sinku Pál: Basic Concepst of Criminalistcs, 2010.; Curriculum of academic lectures
Criminology
The aim of the Course: Background analysis of criminal law in a wider context, introduction to criminology promoting the better understanding of the major course material.
Course description: Overview of schools of thought and theories forming the basis of criminology. The reasons for the existence and evolution of crime, crime prevention. Definition and forms of deviance (from sexual to social, criminal aspects of homelessness and joblessness). Introduction to the causes of domestic violence and its forms, the most typical aspects of organized crime, alcoholism and drug abuse, and their interaction with criminal behaviour. The lectures dwelve into the details of adolescent and underage criminality, the relationship of gender and crime, and the operational model of law enforcement.
Endterm exam: evaluation according to the five-scale grading scheme - excellent (5),good (4), satisfactory (3), pass (2), fail (1)
Literature: Gönczöl Katalin – Kerezsi Klára – Korinek László – Lévay Miklós: Kriminológia-Szakkriminológia. Budapest, CompLex, 2006.; Curriculum of academic lectures
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