The Departments and Research Centers

DEPARTMENTS

The faculty’s organization is built up of departments, which are coordinated by the Dean’s Office, however they enjoy a quite wide independence in teaching and research.

The head of the department is in charge of the organization of the courses and academic programs in the department.

Our departments and their contact data are as follows:

 

Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science

Areas of teaching and research: Constitutional Law, Political Science, Comparative Political Systems, European Sources of Constitutional Law, Parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe

Head of the department: Dr Péter Váczi PhD

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 613-376

Email: molnar.erzsebet@ga.sze.hu

Web: https://apt.sze.hu/ 

 

Department of Criminal Sciences

Areas of teaching and research: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, Criminology, The Law of Criminal Sanctions, Criminalistics, Introduction to Criminal Law, European Administrative Penal Law, Fundaments of International Criminal Jurisdiction, The Criminal Law Perspective of Medical Interventions

Head of the department: Professor Dr Gábor Kovács

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 613-752

Email: barakka.petra@ga.sze.hu

Web: http://btt.sze.hu/ 

 

Department of Legal Theory

Areas of teaching and research: Introduction to Legal Theory, The Theory of Law, Sociology of Law, Philosophy, Legal Ethics

Head of the department: Professor Dr Péter Takács

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 503-400

Email: nemethb@sze.hu

Web: https://jet.sze.hu/

 

Department of Legal History

Areas of teaching and research: International Legal History, The Development of the Hungarian Legal System, History of Hungarian Constitutional Law, Roman Law, Latin language, The History of Hungarian Public Administration, History of European Parliamentarism

Head of the department: Dr Attila Barna PhD

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 503-400

Email: nemethb@sze.hu

Web: http://jtt.sze.hu/

 

Department of Commercial Law and Agricultural Law

Areas of teaching and research: Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Agricultural Law, Patent Law, International and Hungarian Provisions of Transportation, Environmental Law, European Environmental Law

Head of the department: Dr András Szegedi PhD

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 503-400

Email: molnar.erzsebet@ga.sze.hu

Web: https://kamt.sze.hu/

 

Department of Public Administrative Law and Fiscal Law

Areas of teaching and research: The Theory of Public Administration, Public Administrative Law, Fiscal Law, Tax-law, International Customs Law, Organization and Financing of Public Services, The Law of Local Governments

Head of the department: Dr András Lapsánszky PhD

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 503-400

Email: borsosne.toros.emese@sze.hu

Web: https://kpt.sze.hu/

 

Department of Labour Law and Social Law

Areas of teaching and research: Labour Law, Social Insurance in Practice, Labour Law in Judicial Practice, Theory and Practice of Liability in Labour Law, Selected Judgments from the CJEU case-law on Labour Law

Head of the department: Dr Jácint Ferencz PhD

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 503-400

email: molnar.erzsebet@sze.hu

Web: https://dfk.sze.hu/mszjt 

 

Department of International Law and European Law

Areas of teaching and research: Public International Law, Private International Law, The Law of European Union, European Trade Law

Head of the department: Dr Judit Glavanits PhD

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 503-477

Email: barakka.petra@ga.sze.hu

Web: https://nejt.sze.hu/

 

Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law

Areas of teaching and research: Civil Law, Civil Procedural Law, Family Law, Tort Law

Head of the department: Dr Barna Arnold Keserű PhD

Contact information:

Tel.: + (36) – 96 – 503-400

Email: borsosne.toros.emese@sze.hu

Web: https://ppet.sze.hu/

 

RESEARCH GROUPS

Beside the departments, research centers and a special college were established so as to enhance the research activity at the faculty. The research centers are independent organizations within the faculty doing through research on one issue.

 

The Center for Parliamentary Research: The topic elaborated on is the structure and functioning of parliaments and legislation in term of constitutional law, public administrative law and political science.

Contact information:

https://pkk.sze.hu/bemutatkozas

 

The Center for Civil Law Researches: The research center works on various fields of civil law and civil procedural law.

Contact information:

https://mkk.sze.hu/

 

The Research Centre for Crimonology and Criminalistics: It was established to coordinate the innovation work of external experts in criminology and the university; map current, under-researched and under-researched segments of criminology and criminology; contribute to the development of the theory and practice of criminology; initiate and conduct innovative research; and provide the institutional backing for faculty research in criminology and criminology.

Contact information:

https://krikri.sze.hu/kezdolap 

 

The Batthyány Lajos College: It is a satellite institute of the faculty. It was founded with the definite purpose of training and mentoring talented law students in order to prepare them for undergraduate lawyers’ competitions and for their prospective PhD. studies as well. Special attention is afforded to their training in theory and legal practice.

Contact information:

https://blszk.sze.hu/kezdolap