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PETRA BÁRD
In 1998, he participated in the Rome Diplomatic Conference, which resulted in
the adoption of the Rome Statute and then in New York in the codification of the
ICC rules of procedure and evidence. He assisted several countries in preparing
the constitutional and legislative steps necessary for the ratification of the Rome
Statute. Attempts at the processing of the past appear in the Zétényi-Takacs draft
bill on delivering historic justice, as well as his writings on the ‘firing squad law’,
his scholarly work on retroactivity and more recently, his articles published in the
quarterly Muült es Jövö (Past and Future).
The final major topic of the foreign language volume is rule oflaw. As a long¬
standing external expert ofthe OSCE, Käroly Bärd was recently consulted on the
Polish judicial ‘reform’. The subject of his two expert opinions: the restructuring
ofthe Polish Supreme Court and the Disciplinary Council have since come before
the Court of Justice of the EU.!! He also contributed to several judicial reforms
abroad, such as the restructuring of the judiciary in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Italy
and Tunisia.
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FIRST VOLUME
Both the Hungarian and foreign language volumes open with a retrospective
interview by Viktor Zoltan Kazai. The Hungarian-language volume then begins
with the greeting of the reader by Tibor Kiraly, followed by two writings authored
in a more personal tone by two esteemed members of the academic community
who had followed the career of Károly Bárd from the very beginning: László Kéri
and István Kukorelli.
Next, we organized the studies into three main parts. Ihe chapter on legal
theory, criminal policy and legal history comprises writings of legal scholars
and criminology professors discussing fundamental and comprehensive topics.
Balázs Gellér shares his thoughts on Nietzsche, power, the state and the merits and
pitfalls of democracy. Katalin Gönczöl examines a marked, global phenomenon:
the criminal populism of late modernity, emerging as a political response to
universal economic and social changes. Departing from rational choice theory,
in his ruminations on legal philosophy and criminology, László Korinek tackles
circumstances promoting crime. In his piece entitled “Confinement and captivity”
Barna Mezey explores terminological elements of Hungarian criminal law
development. Finally, Tibor Várady in his essay on “Law and Heat”, discusses
1 CJ, C-619/18 Commission v Poland (Independence of the Supreme Court), 24 June 2019,
ECLI:EU:C:2019:531; C-791/19 Commission v Poland (Régime disciplinaire des juges), 8
April 2020, ECLI:EU:C:2020:277.
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