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PETRA BÁRD THE MAIN TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE ANNIVERSARY VOLUME Following the introductory contributions presenting the professional work of Károly Bárd, the studies in the first, Hungarian language volume, center on four major topics. Ihe studies in interdisciplinary legal theory, criminal policy and criminology refer back to Karoly Bard’s work of 8 years in the government beginning with the transition after the fall of the Hungarian socialist system, where he played a significant role in developing criminal policy at the Ministry of Justice. His professional goals included the gradual modernization of criminal law, including the reform of the rules on juvenile offenders. In academic circles, Karoly Bard is considered one of the first” to have formulated the goal of establishing a reasonable and humane criminal policy in Hungary following the change of political system and to curb excessive criminalization.? In his first book, a groundbreaking work in procedural dogmatics, he explored, among other things, the possible application of social sciences to criminal justice.’ The chapter comprising studies from the area of substantive criminal law are also a reference to Karoly Bard’s codification work, since he played a major role in both the amendment of the Criminal Code in 1993 and the codification of the Criminal Code at the time of the Gönczöl Committee. He also participated in the preparation of foreign penal codes, such as the Russian and the Albanian criminal codes. In the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) he took stock of, and analysed the signatory states’ crime prevention strategies. The most important work of Karoly Bard lies at the intersection of criminal procedure law and human rights. As co-chair of the codification committee, he took part in the drafting of the 1998 Code of Criminal Procedure, took the lead in drafting an amendment to the Penitentiary Decree, participating also in the preparation of foreign criminal procedure codes, such as the relevant Albanian law. At the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI), he authored a discussion guide on non-prosecution ? Karsai Krisztina, Az európai büntetőjogi integráció alapkérdései (Basic issues of European criminal law integration), Budapest, KJK-KERSZÖV Jogi és Üzleti Kiadó Kft., 2004, 42. 3 Bárd Károly, European Criminal Law?, in Lahti, Raimo (ed.), Towards a Rational and Humane Criminal Policy = Kohti rationaalista ja humaania kriminaalipolitiikkaa: Dedicated to Inkeri Anttila = omistettu Inkeri Anttilalle, Helsinki, European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI), 1996, 241-253; Bard Karoly, Eurdépai büntetőpolitika, in Erdei, Árpád (szerk.), Tények és kilátások: tanulmányok Király Tibor tiszteletére, Budapest, KJK-KERSZÖV Jogi és Üzleti Kiadó Kft., 1995, 149—158. Bárd Károly, A büntető hatalom megosztásának buktatói: Értekezés a bírósági tárgyalás jövőjéről. (Failures inherent in the division of penal power: Disseration on the future of court hearings), Budapest, Közgazdasági és Jogi Könyvkiadó, 1987. «10 ¢
