The Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1667 and it is located in Egyetem tér in Belváros-Lipótváros, Budapest, Hungary.
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History
The Faculty of Law was founded in 1667, 32 years after the foundation of Eötvös Loránd University. Between 1667 and 1872, legal education was only available at the Faculty of Law in Hungary. Since the foundation of the Babeș-Bolyai University (at that time called Franz Joseph University) in 1872, there had been more universities offering courses on law.
Since the nineteenth century, there had been a high quality of legal education attributed to the following educators: Gusztáv Wenzel, Jenő Balogh, Győző Concha, László Fayer, Béni Grosschmid, Sándor Plósz, Gusztáv Szászy-Schwarz, and Tamás Vécsey. For a long time, the professors of the Faculty were at the same time members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
In 1900 the current building of the Faculty was inaugurated. The building was designed by Sándor Baumgarten and Zsigmond Herczegh.
Between World War I and World War II, there had been high quality of education related to the following professors: Ferenc Eckhart, László Gajzágó, Zoltán Magyary, Géza Marton, Gyula Moór, Ákos Navratil, Endre Nizsalovszky, and Károly Szladits.
In 1948, several changes were implemented following the principles of Socialism that caused damages to the entire previous structure of the faculty, while also modernizing it in various ways. These changes included the introduction of the obligatory seminars, the structure of the Faculty, the foundation of student associations etc.
In 1987, Viktor Orbán graduated from the Faculty. During his studies at the Faculty, he also founded the journal Szászadvég.
Miklós Király, Dean of the Faculty, wrote an open letter to Viktor Orbán in connection with the situation of the Central European University.
Departments
There are 16 departments at the Faculty of Law. Apart from 16 departments, there is one institute and one lectorate.
Organisation
Deans
Attila Harmathy
Lajos Ficzere
Miklós Király (1 July 2008 – 1 July 2016)
Attila Menyhárd (1 July 2016 – 1 July 2019)
Pál Sonnevend (1 July 2019 –)
Programs
The university currently offers three Master programs in English: Master in European and international business law, Master in European human rights, and Master in international and European taxation. There are two doctoral schools at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciencies: the Doctoral School of Law and the Doctoral School of Political Science.
Notable alumni
In parentheses, the year the degree was obtained.
János Áder, politician (former President of Hungary)
András Baka, jurist and politician (proposed President of Hungary)
Peter Bakonyi, Hungarian-born Canadian Olympic foil and épée fencer
István Balsai, politician (former Minister of Justice)
Péter Bárándy, politician (former Minister of Justice)
Virág Blazsek, lawyer, professor (University of Leeds)
György Bónis, lawyer
Gyula Budai, politician
Béla Dáner, Olympic athlete and politician
Gábor Demszky, politician (former Mayor of Budapest)
Tamás Deutsch, politician (former Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports)
Klára Dobrev, politician
Alajos Dornbach, lawyer and politician
Dóra Dúró, politician
Tibor Farkas, jurist
András Fekete-Győr, politician
Tamás Fellegi, politician (former Minister of National Development)
Gábor Fodor, politician (former Minister of Education and Minister of Environment and Water)
Honorary doctorates
Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland
Library
The Library of the Faculty of Law is located in Egyetem tér.