LAW SCHOOL OF THE EOETVOES UNIVERSITY IN BUDAPEST

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• Publication Date: July 23, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SUBJECT Law School of the E?aettr~,~es
ITni~rersity in Budapast
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~3 Ju],y 1953
LTniversit in Budapest is the far est uni re
the numb?r ?.f students
wale at eas 5a?~0 me~x and women, t the beginninig of 1953 th
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wgx?e s].together about 56(7 students registered in the Law Soh?ol, In the
,First y~~.r these were about 2.SQ studentsq including 20 wom?z~; in the second
gear 1548 in the third SOs and in the fourth 50,
In 19538 the president of the Uni~rersity was Imre T.RENCSENYI~+IALI3APF'EL
ofes or of H arian L a e and Literature,
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~.nistry of Higher Education (Felsoeolstatasi Miniszterium).was
c~?eated tea-take oare_of higher edurrational institutions9 while Lower educational
institutions x?emaia~ed under the Education Ministry, Tibor ER,DEImGRUZ was
>ra~med P?/~.n3ster eaf Highea? Educationo Before that he was Professor of Chemistry
in charge saf the Department of Chemistry at the tTniversity?
The Law School of the Uzxiversity was located in a four story building.-can Szerb
utca 1?q which contained classraomsfl an adequate library and administrative
offices o
5o The Law S~hc~o1 had th? following departments (literallyF chairs) in addition
to the Administration Department (Tanulmanyi Osztaly)s
a, Chaix^ for Marxism and Leninism
b, Rua3sian Language ,
c, Civil Law Procedure
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d. Roman .Law
e. International Law
f, Constitutional Law
g. Ste.tE Administre,tian
h, Sts.tistica '`
i. Political Econo4ny
~. Military Science (Katonai Tanszek)
k. History of Hungarian Law
1. Finance Law ~~
m. Political and Legal Theory
ra . Russian Law,; ,
History of Law
T'natruction was good, Textbooks were available but they were expensive.
Discipline was more rigorous than before 1948. Students attendance
and work were carefully checked. Exeminations were head after the
first semester and stricter examinations were held after the second..
.Orating the semesters quizzes were given. Very few students were
flunked by the professors because the professors were also held
responsible for a student's progress.
The official tuition fee was set at a maximum, of 84Q forints for two
semesters. .This was scaled according to the financial status o.f the
parents. If the parents had an income of 800 fo ~ ~ s moni?h he
25X1 student paid 80 forints per year. Most student,
were exett~pted from paying anything,, but a student. who left the
~Tniversity, of his awn choice was charged the full tuition fee of
$00 forints for each year spent in the University. Many'good',at~dents
~ed~ived :mbpti'i13r`'''at~:pends..amountn.g. tc~; 500 forints. Good students
and reliable Communists were also eligible to receive the Rakosi
Prize (Rakosi Di,~) amounting to 1,3dc~ forints per month.
$. A law (No. 18/1951) passed in March~1951 contained provisions which ,
forbe.de students to do outside work for profit:,. Tt further provided
?that if a student left the University of his own will he could get
.only a laborer's fob. Or, if able-bodied, he would b~e drafted by the
army by losing his deferment privileges.
All teaching personnel had to belong to the Pedagogists' Union
(Pedagogikusok Szakszervezete). The employees of the Administration-
Department also belonged. to it. '
10. Professors got a salary of. 3,000 forints per month; Assistant
' - Professors got 1,300-2,000 forints er ~nonth.~ Professors also got
a s.cholar's allowance (tudos potlek~ of 500 forints per month.
The Law School Curriculum
11. First Year '
a. Hungarian Co.netitutional Law -- four hours pew Meek
b. State and Law Theory -- four hours ,per week
c. Political Economy -- four hours?per week
d. -.Statistics -- three hours per week
e. History of Hungarian Law
f. General Law History
g. Military Science
12. Second Year
a. Civil Law -- five hours per week
b. Criminal Law -- five hours
~. State Administration Law --..four hours
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d.. Marxism and Leninism -- four hours
e. Russian language -- two hours-
f. Roman Law -- three hours
g. Constitutional.Law of the Soviet Union and People~a'`:Democracies --
three hours
h. Political Economy -- four hours
i. military Science -- three hours-
~. financial Law -- four hours
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13. Third Year
a. Civil Law -- four hours
'b .? .Criminal Law -- three hours
c. International Law --'four hours
d. Soviet civil law.-- four hours
e. Soviet criminal law -- two hours
f. Russian language -- two hours
g. Marxism and Leninism -- four hours
h. Military Science -- three hours
i. Political Circle, two hours every two weeks. In this subject
reading of daily newspapers was assigned and diseussiona'~:mere held about-
- the political material in them,
,~, Agricultural law -- three hours.
1~':.~ The :: Fourth Year
In the fourth year students began specializing for either':the.lam
-rofession or state administration. The fourth. year curriculum,
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s. Civil Law
b. Criminal Law
c. Soviet civil lam
d. Soviet criminal law
e. Criminal procedure law
f. Philosophical Marxism
g. .Russian language
15. Women students in the Law School in 1953 were also required to take
military courses in air defense and first aid.
16. -All law students had to loin the DISZ organization (Dolgozo If~usag
Szoevetsege -- Association of Working Youth), the Law School branch
(Jogikari DISZ Bizottsag -- Lam Profession DISZ Committee). This
organization had a secretary, a trustee for sports, and a trustee
for agitation propaganda. DISZ held meetings at the beginning,
middle, and. end of the school year. It organized parades of students
on national holidays, and maintained wall newspapers for each class.
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