{"title":"A Few Considerations with Regard to the Case-Law of the ECHR in Connection to the Enforcement of Final Judgements in the Matter of Land Resources","authors":"Szilárd Sztranyiczki","doi":"10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.07","url":null,"abstract":"The case-law of the ECHR, but also national jurisprudence, clearly states that each state must enforce a final and binding court decision in the matter of land ownership within a reasonable time in order for there to be an effective remedy and a just and equitable satisfaction, avoiding a sanction for the violation of Art. 6 of the Convention. In accordance with the case-law of the ECHR, the present study shows that the right to a court would be illusory if the legal order were to allow for a final court ruling to impair the litigant’s right to enforcement of the judgment. In accordance with the case-law of the ECHR, the enforcing of a judicial decision must be viewed as part of the lawsuit, and an unreasonably long delay in the enforcement of a binding judgment may breach the Convention. I have reached the conclusion that a person who has obtained a final and binding judgment against the State may not be expected to bring separate enforcement proceedings at the end of legal proceedings. In such instances, State authorities carry the burden to ensure compliance with a judgment against the State.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"389 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124774816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Administrative Proceedings − More Effective Consumer Protection","authors":"Zsuzsanna Árva","doi":"10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.01","url":null,"abstract":"The following study presents new developments in the field of administrative proceedings in Hungary. It outlines the implementation of new regulations destined to simplify and accelerate the administrative procedure, inter alia, by the use of automated decision making and summary procedures, the institution of a new method for calculating administrative time limits, and a differentiated procedure in the case of proceedings initiated at the motion of administrative authorities. The paper also analyses the changes in legal remedies available to clients appealing against decisions rendered during an administrative procedure. The author concludes that the overall direction of change is positive; however, during the implementation of the new rules, temporary difficulties may occur.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121342963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some Remarks on the Issue of Suicide in Roman Criminal Law","authors":"T. Nótári","doi":"10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses the issue of suicide in the sources of Roman law, primarily criminal law. In the course of that, it will focus on the following key points: after a few introductory remarks outlining the Roman custom of committing suicide, first, it will discuss the judgement of suicide in criminal law in general; then, it will examine the appearance of the culprit’s suicide as grounds for exclusion of culpability (and the limits thereof) in sources in imperial law; finally, it will briefly analyse the legal position of suicide in military criminal law.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121831882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Anti-Circumvention Procedure in the Audiovisual Media Services Directive","authors":"Zsolt Kokoly","doi":"10.47745/AUSLEG.2019.8.1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/AUSLEG.2019.8.1.03","url":null,"abstract":"Recent challenges in the EU business sector also comprise the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (the new text in force since December 2018), the main media policy tool of the EU which establishes the legal framework for a convergent media landscape that comprises linear, non-linear audiovisual media services and, recently, also video-sharing platforms (VSPs) and user-generated content. One of the novelties in the revised text of the AVMSD is the new set of legal provisions enshrined in Art. 4 referring to the anti-circumvention procedure, a phenomenon the European media landscape has long been familiar with (i.e. broadcasters from another Member State circumventing the stricter rules of the target Member State). The need for a more transparent and efficient regulation originated in the practical difficulties of applying (pre-revision) Art. 4 by national regulating authorities (NRAs) as in many cases providers of audiovisual media services falling under another Member State’s jurisdiction refused to comply with their stricter rules or did not show any willingness to collaborate. The burden of proving the existence of circumvention or the evidence base to identify has proved to be a particularly difficult task for NRAs. The amended text of the AVMSD extends the power of the Member States to trigger the anti-circumvention procedure based on reasonable cause rather than the former requirement to prove the intention of circumvention by the provider. Also, the new set of provisions allows Member States to have circumvention reasonably established. Another novelty in the anti-circumvention procedure is the mandatory opinion that is to be requested by the European Commission from the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services(ERGA). The paper proposes to discuss the evolution of anti-circumvention measures in the two versions of the AVMSD as well as the projected effect on the phenomenon of circumvention of stricter rules on the new provisions.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131261168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Criminal Law Protection of Personal Secrets in Hungary","authors":"Viktor Bérces","doi":"10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"The study analyses in detail and from a wide perspective the criminal law regulation applicable to the protection of personal secrets in Hungarian law. The author presents the historical development and comparative law context of the criminal substantive legal norms which defend personal secrets, especially in view of persons whose occupations or professions require handling such privileged information. Several norms applicable to specific professions (the clergy, the medical profession, and attorneys at law) as well as their implications in the light of the provisions of criminal and civil procedural law are also explored. The author concludes that it would be advantageous to use the expression ‘occupation’ in a wider sense and that the Hungarian Criminal Code should exemplify the secrets which often occur in everyday life and the exposure of which fits into the offending behaviour. Also, criminal and civil procedure should use the same rules for the exemption of persons bound by secrecy from having to testify as witnesses.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127556458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue in Romania","authors":"Magdolna Vallasek","doi":"10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.08","url":null,"abstract":"The European Commission considers social dialogue to be crucial for promoting both competitiveness and fairness in Europe. We can notice that countries with the tradition of social dialogue tend to have stronger and more stable economies, and they are often the most competitive ones in Europe. Starting from this fact, the European Commission considers that ‘knowing the important role that social dialogue plays and the positive benefit it has on a country’s economy, the challenge today is to enhance its role across all EU Member States.’ Although the importance of social dialogue and collective bargaining is unanimously recognized by scholars, governance, and the social partners, the Romanian situation can hardly be considered an ideal one. Numerous problems in the practice of social dialogue can be identified, having their origins in the legal regulation, the lack of traditions, and some other issues as well. In this paper, we shall briefly present the Romanian legal regulation concerning social dialogue and collective bargaining, and we intend to point out some of the most urging problems, focusing on the analysis of these issues.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128967153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constitutional Questions of the Situational Legitimate Defence","authors":"Á. Mészáros","doi":"10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.04","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the problems surrounding legitimate defence as an institution of criminal law, as it is regulated by the Hungarian legislator, in an international and comparative law perspective. It further examines the compatibility of the current regulation with the requirements of the Fundamental Law of Hungary as well as the practice of the Constitutional Court. The author concludes that the pertinent text of Section 22, para. (2) of the Hungarian Criminal Code seems to be unconstitutional, rendering the wide scope of legitimate defence in comparison to the requirements of proportionality as objectionable.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131264425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 'Association in Participation' and the 'Simple Partnership' in the Romanian Civil Code","authors":"Emőd Veress","doi":"10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.09","url":null,"abstract":"At present, the Romanian monist civil law regulates two types of cooperative structures or companies without legal personality: the ‘societatea simplă’, literally, simple company or, more precisely, simple partnership, and the ‘asociere în participaţie’, literally, association in participation. Both contracts can be used in a traditional non-commercial context but also for business purposes. Therefore, a necessity to delimitate them occurs. This article deals with the difficulties of such a delimitation: sometimes a clear borderline can be drawn, other times the association in participation contract requires that legal practitioners rely on the general rules of simple partnership, which have a complementary and subsidiary character. The objective of the present article is also to analyse the (mandatory and default) character of norms of association in participation, the decision-making procedure of this contractual structure, issues regarding representation, and transfer of partnership rights.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127781234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drones and Privacy-Related Issues/Concerns: Alice in Techno-Land","authors":"F. Simó","doi":"10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47745/ausleg.2019.8.1.06","url":null,"abstract":"The paper examines the emerging technology of drones in their various forms and the difficulties posed by the regulation of this technology, in several jurisdictions, in particular in the United States of America and the European Union. The author begins by addressing the terminological difficulty in designating unmanned aircraft of different descriptions. He goes on to present the safety and operational rules instituted for these vehicles as well as the myriad of potential problems posed to privacy and security by this new technology. He concludes that a unified approach to the definition and regulation of such aircraft is necessary as current regulations lack the required level of cohesion to manage the safe application of this technology, especially when it comes to the defence of privacy rights.","PeriodicalId":135984,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Legal Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130820684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}