@article{0198604b-99d6-711a-85b1-2242d1638b4c,
author = {Norbert  Varga},
title = {Fundamental Rights of Citizens in Hungarian Socialist Constitutional Law},
journal = {Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa},
volume = {Tom 18 (2025)},
number = {Tom 18, Zeszyt 3},
year = {2025},
issn = {2084-4115},
pages = {311-328},keywords = {Hungarian socialist constitution; citizens’ rights; parliamentary debate; system of citizen’s right; Act XX of 1949},
abstract = {The constitution of the Hungarian People’s Republic (Act XX of 1949) entered into force on 20 August 1949, which marks a milestone in the development of the Hungarian state, its legal system and legal life. The Constitution definitively closed the era in the history of the Hungarian constitution which has been called the “millennial constitution.” The first Hungarian socialist constitution was of decisive importance for the development of Hungarian law. It marked a key shift towards a socialist legal system. It provided a strong legal direction for the development of social and state life. The Constitution outlined the state’s foundations, including citizens’ rights and duties. It also defined the tasks of the legislature, its legislative functions and their essential content. Chapter VIII of the Constitution dealt with the fundamental rights and duties of citizens, which the state guarantees to its working population. The socialist state treated citizens’ rights as a subjective right. The state created new forms of legal safeguards for citizens’ rights (e.g. people’s control of state organs, a system of people’s judges in the judiciary). In the Hungarian constitution, there are different groups of citizens’ rights: the economic, social and cultural rights of citizens; equal rights of citizens and protection of marriage and family; freedoms of individuals; and finally, citizens’ duties. In my study, I will present the system of citizens’ rights in the Act XX of 1949 through an analysis of relevant primary sources and legislative material, including a discussion of the main positions in the literature. The aim of this study is to present the codification of the socialist rights of citizens, but it does not attempt to examine their implementation in practice.},
doi = {10.4467/20844131KS.25.021.22151},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/kshpp/artykul/fundamental-rights-of-citizens-in-hungarian-socialist-constitutional-law}
}