<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hungarian family law is regulated primarily in the Family Act today. This Act was accepted in 1952 but as it has been modified several times it serves the legal interests of family and family members in harmony with European standards. Nevertheless, the idea of codifying a new Civil Code in 1998 raised the question whether family law should have been included in a new Civil Code. The scientific opinions were diverging on this issue at that time, but later on it became accepted that family law should get back into the corpus of a Civil Code. The article gives an analysis of the developments and most recent changes.</p></abstract>

Hungarian family law is regulated primarily in the Family Act today. This Act was accepted in 1952 but as it has been modified several times it serves the legal interests of family and family members in harmony with European standards. Nevertheless, the idea of codifying a new Civil Code in 1998 raised the question whether family law should have been included in a new Civil Code. The scientific opinions were diverging on this issue at that time, but later on it became accepted that family law should get back into the corpus of a Civil Code. The article gives an analysis of the developments and most recent changes.

Family Law Book as Fourth Book of the New Hungarian Civil Code

International and Comparative Law Review

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Hungarian family law is regulated primarily in the Family Act today. This Act was accepted in 1952 but as it has been modified several times it serves the...

Family Law Book as Fourth Book of the New Hungarian Civil Code

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 85 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0072

Keywords
conscientious objection, freedom of conscience and religion, European Convention on Human Rights

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Family Law Book as Fourth Book of the New Hungarian Civil Code

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 85 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0072

Keywordsconscientious objection, freedom of conscience and religion, European Convention on Human Rights

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
conscientious objection, freedom of conscience and religion, European Convention on Human Rights