Wolters Kluwer Criminal Law in Hungary

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides a practical analysis of criminal law in Hungary. An introduction presents the necessary background information about the framework and sources of the criminal justice system, and then proceeds to a detailed examination of the grounds for criminal liability, the justification of criminal offences, the defences that diminish or excuse criminal liability, the classification of criminal offences, and the sanctions system. Coverage of criminal procedure focuses on the organization of investigations, pre-trial proceedings, trial stage, and legal remedies. A final part describes the execution of sentences and orders, the prison system, and the extinction of custodial sanctions or sentences. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable resource for criminal lawyers, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and criminal court judges handling cases connected with Hungary. Academics and researchers, as well as the various international organizations in the field, will welcome this very useful guide, and will appreciate its value in the study of comparative criminal law. About the Author Professor Dr Krisztina Karsai (born 6 June 1972) studied Law and State Sciences at the University of Szeged (former Attila József University) (1991-1996), where she also received the PhD degree in 2004 for her thesis on European criminal law. She has been working at the Faculty of Law of the University of Szeged since 1997, where she was appointed Associate Professor in 2005 and where she teaches substantive and procedural criminal law, European criminal law, consumer (criminal) law and legal rhetoric. Since 2000, she has been a member of the expert group of the Ministry of Justice for combating drug problems and, since 2005, for crime prevention. Since 2013, she has chaired the Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the University of Szeged; in 2014 she was appointed to full professor. Prof. Karsai is the author of many books and articles on Hungarian and European criminal law and is Humboldtian and the winner of the Cesare Beccaria Awards for Young Researchers (2007). Dr Karsai also published books on consumer protection by criminal law, on traffic offences, on police law and on European criminal law. Since 2012, she has been an independent expert of the European Commission in the ield of criminal justice. She is editor and co-author of the new Commentary on the new Hungarian Criminal Code of 2012. Associate Professor Dr Zsolt Szomora (born 26 January 1980) studied Law and State Sciences at the University of Szeged, where he graduated in 2003. He received the PhD degree in 2008 for his thesis on analysing of sexual crimes in a comparative aspect. He has been working at the Faculty of Law of the University of Szeged since 2003, where he was appointed Associate Professor in 2011. Dr Szomora teaches substantive and procedural criminal law, the law of sexual crimes and the constitutional aspects of criminal law. He has published a monograph on sexual crimes and many articles on doctrinal questions of criminal law, and is co-author of textbooks for law students. Furthermore, he contributed to the codification works on the new Hungarian approach to sexual crimes. In 2010, he worked as Humboldtian research fellow at the University of Osnabrück (Germany). In 2011, he was awarded the Junior Prima Prize by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is also a co-author of the new Commentary on the new Hungarian Criminal Code of 2012.