Acta Juridica Hungarica
Volume/Issue:
Volume 43: Issue 3-4
Rights of Embryo and Foetus in Private Law
Author:
Gábor Jobbágyi P´zm´ny Péter Catholic University Please ask the editor of the journal.

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Pages:
291–303
Online Publication Date:
19 Jul 2005
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2002
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/ajur.43.2002.3-4.7
Keywords:
legal status of the foetus; legal status of the foetus; decisions of the constitutional Court; "Embryonic Life protection Act"
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The paper gives an overview of the Hungarian legal regulation of the legal status of the foetus. In this respect, it reveals the historical roots of the legal protection of the foetus in Hungary. It analyses in details the theoretical standpoints of Hungarian authors of civil and criminal law. It describes the unconstitutional legal practice of the period of communist dictatorship (1950-1990) that lead to the unparalleled destruction of 4,5 million embryos. It analyses in details the unconstitutional practice. The analysis also includes the treatment of he prevailing "Embryonic Life Protection Act". Finally, the essay determines, in accordance with Hungarian legal practice and jurisprudence, the legal status of the foetus and comes forward with proposals addressed to future legislation.

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Print ISSN:
1216-2574
Online ISSN:
1588-2616

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Editor(s)-in-Chief: Éva Jakab

Co-Editor(s):
Viktor Lőrincz,
Fruzsina Orosz

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Samanatha Cheesman,
Zsuzsa Fejes,
Attila Kun,
Gábor Sulyok,
Márton Varju

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    1. Myátyás Bódig (Aberdeen)
    1. Zoltán Csehi
    1. Péter Cserne (Hull)
    1. Balázs Gellér
    1. András Jakab
    1. Miklós Király
    1. György Kiss
    1. Jan Kudrna (Praha)
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    1. Konrad Lachmayer (Durham)
    1. Andzrej Stanisław Mączyński (Kraków)
    1. Guido Pfeifer (Frankfurt am Main)
    1. Miklós Szabó
    1. Zoltán Szente
    1. G.J.J. Heerma van Voss (Leiden)
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    1. Fryderyk Zoll (Osnabrück)

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    1. Gábor Hamza
    1. Attila Harmathy
    1. László Kecskés
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Acta Juridica Hungarica
Language English
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Foundation		 1959
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ISSN 1216-2574 (Print)
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