Oldal 15 [15]
FOREWORD
punishable behaviours, and punishments guided by ideological fervor, and other,
such as statistical considerations.
The chapter on substantive criminal law opens with a study by Ervin Belovics,
who, based on the work of Ferenc Finkey, examines cumulative offenses, cumulative
sentences and aggregate sentences. Csongor Herke takes a look at the effect of
modern forensic methods featured in the media on criminal proceedings. Miklós
Hollän’s work is located at the intersection of substantive and procedural law,
analysing the role of the nulla poena sine lege principle beyond the auspices of
criminal law. Discussing international criminal law challenges, Tamas Hoffmann
focuses on problems faced by the Hungarian legal practitioner when applying
international criminal law. Eszter Kirs’ study is also on the intersection of
international and national law: she investigates the effects of the Universal Periodic
Review (UPR) on combatting hate crimes on the national plane.
The most prominent part of Karoly Bard’s life work is in the field of criminal
procedure law, well reflected by the fact that studies embracing this subject make up
the majority of the volume. Janos Banati and Dénes Matyas discuss the challenges
faced by defence attorneys during the investigative phase under the effective
Code of Criminal Procedure. The victim-focused study authored by Tiinde A.
Barabas was inspired by Karoly Bard’s 1984 article ‘Applied’ Victimology in North
America and his doctoral dissertation submitted to the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences. Akos Farkas sketches the main structural changes made to the English
jury system from its beginnings to the present day. Erzsebet Kadlöt discusses
the inseparable principles, safeguards and guarantees enshrined in the law, and
their combinations, decisive for the quality of criminal proceedings. Krisztina
Karsai’s study on the statute of limitations in Europe appears to echo Karoly Bard’s
interest in the theoretical questions of historical justice. Based on Reginald Rose’s
drama 12 angry men, Anna Kiss examines the role of group dynamics in her study
entitled Criminal jurors. Péter Polt’s paper revolves around the principle of ne bis
in idem and the respective role of the prosecution in the context of a historical,
2017 amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure. Finally, in his study Andras
Turi looks into how the truth may be unfolded through the evidentiary procedure
of criminal proceedings.
Several authors honour the human rights scholarship of Karoly Bard with
writings on this topic. While all studies were oriented towards human rights,
it was this chapter that papers unrelated to or only marginally touching upon
criminal proceedings were collected. The piece authored by Zoltan Fleck rethinks
the relevant concept, theory and institutions of human rights in our ‘post-human
rights’ era. Based on the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
rendered in respect of hate speech targeting specific communities, Andras Kristóf
Kadar evaluates Hungarian legislation protecting the dignity of communities. Janos
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