Juristen und Juristenausbildung 1919–1944 in Ungarn

The essay recalls the professional activities of Hungarian lawyers between 1919 and 1944 as well as the basics of the law and order applied by them. It also deals with the institutional foundations of Hungarian legal education. At that time education was built on two pillars: universities of sciences and so-called legal academies. The law faculties of universities alone were privileged to issue the Juris Doctor degree. Budapest, Debrecen, Szeged and Pécs hosted such universities. Pécs faculty started its operation in 1923 after being transferred from Pozsony. After depicting the Hungarian legal system the author focuses his attention on the Faculty of Law and Political Science in Pécs. He introduces the history of the Faculty’s architecture, its symbols as well as its objects of memory. Between 1923 and 1944 many distinguished professors taught at the Faculty. What is worth recalling are not only their scholarly merits but also their characters and habituses. The memory of these scholars is kept by the classrooms that were named after them. Finally, an insight is provided into the colorful world of law student associations in Pécs and the buzzing life of undergraduates.