The impact of historical events on the ordinary judicial organization with particular attention to regional courts of appeal

Abstract

The post-World War I changes to the judicial organization are presented in connection with this finding. In addition, the study places strong emphasis on the respective role and functioning of regional courts of appeal within the Hungarian justice system. It gives an account of the judicial organization in such eras as the period immediately leading up to World War I and following World War I the Károlyi-regime and later on the Horthy-regime. By describing the changes that have taken place within the system of the regional courts of appeal in the remaining truncated territory of Hungary, the author presents analyses and conclusions that, in his view, influences the current framework and situation of the judiciary, with particular attention to the functioning of the regional courts of appeal.