NCJ Number
34514
Journal
ANNALES UNIVERSITATIS SCIENTIARUM BUDAPESTINENSIS SECTIO JURIDICA DE ROLANDO EOTVOS NOMINATE Volume: 14 Dated: (1972) Pages: 169-184
Date Published
1972
Length
16 pages
Annotation
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEGAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE 1971 LAW REESTABLISHING A MULTI-LEVEL CLASSIFICATION.
Abstract
FROM THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR UNTIL 1955, LEGISLATION IN HUNGARY GRADUALLY ELIMINATED THE THREE-LEVEL AND LATER TWO-LEVEL SYSTEMS WHICH CLASSIFIED OFFENSES ACCORDING TO THEIR SERIOUSNESS. THE SINGLE-CATEGORY CONCEPT OF CLASSIFYING OFFENSES WAS CONFIRMED WITH THE ADOPTION IN 1961 OF THE UNIFORM CRIMINAL CODE USED BY SOCIALIST COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. A 1971 LAW, HOWEVER, REESTABLISHED THE TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM IN HUNGARY TO PROCESS MORE EFFECTIVELY THE LESS SERIOUS OFFENSES. DISCUSSED ARE THE PROCEDURAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS AND THE ROLE OF LEGISLATION IN MODIFYING THE CRIMINAL CODE. --IN GERMAN SUMMARY IN FRENCH AND RUSSIAN