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PREFACE
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PETRA BÁRD"
This book was compiled for the 70th birthday of Karoly Bard, lawyer, professor
and professional legislator, in recognition of his scientific work, by almost 70
colleagues, friends and students. The acclaimed professor is a very special person.
Of course, the editor of this two-part anniversary volume and author of this
preface may be accused of bias, but the book itself testifies to the fact that Karoly
Bard is recognized and respected by legal scholars and practitioners, attorneys,
human rights groups, former and incumbent dignitaries both in Hungary and
abroad, irrespective of their specialization. His professional competence is
uniformly recognized by his peers, regardless of their views on criminal policy
or political issues in a broader sense. Evidence for this is that, exceptionally, he
held high government positions throughout four governments of various political
orientations. General recognition for his professional competency across borders,
professions and worldviews is also palpable from the pages of this anniversary
volume. The studies were written during the COVID-19 pandemic and several
authors were forced to withdraw due to long COVID syndrome. Even so, owing to
the great number of studies we received, we could only fit them into two volumes.
The first volume comprises the studies written in Hungarian, while the second
volume contains those written in English and German languages. The anniversary
volume was modeled on the genre of the German Festschrift, with the authors
presenting their latest and most original ideas in their contributions. The volume
spans the work of several generations of lawyers: from the greetings to the reader
by professor Tibor Kiräly, who had just turned 101 years old this year, to Karoly
Bard’s doctoral students who not only successfully completed their SJDs, but have
since shown considerable professional success.
' Qualified associate professor, Edtvés Lorand University, Faculty of Law, Department of
Criminology; Researcher, CEU Department of Legal Studies and CEU Democracy Institute.
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