The Hungarian legal system is a continental legal system following primarily German legal traditions. It is governed by a strict statutory hierarchy, in which lower-level statutes must never contradict higher ranking statutes. The most important principles are laid down by the Fundamental Law of Hungary (Magyarország Alaptörvénye – Hungary’s constitution). Constitutional rules are expounded by laws, while detailed regulation is provided by government and ministerial decrees.
Authors
Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission, human european consultancy, Migration Policy Group, Universiteit Utrecht, Hermina Balogh, Lídia
- Catalogue number
- DS-BD-23-014-EN-N
- Citation
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, Hermina Balogh, L., Country report, gender equality – How are EU rules transposed into national law? – Hungary 2023 , Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2838/496911
- DOI
- https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2838/496911
- ISBN
- 978-92-68-02368-6
- ISSN
- 2600-0164
- Pages
- 43
- Published in
- Belgium
- Themes
- Fundamental rights
