Hungary: Legal and Governmental Documents

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• I. István I. törvénykönyve

King Steven I's First Code of Law

(1001; modern Hungarian translation)

• I. István II. törvénykönyve

King Steven I's Second Code of Law

(1030-1038; modern Hungarian translation)

• I. László törvényei

László I's Code of Law

(1077-1092; modern Hungarian translations)

• Kálmán törvénykönyve

King Kálmán's so-called First Code of Law

(ca. 1100; modern Hungarian translation)

• Az Aranybulla

The Golden Bull of King Andrew II

Hungary's "Magna Carta"

(1222; modern Hungarian translation)

• Golden Bull

Available as an English translation with minor exclusions - see pages 129-130.

(1222; English translation)

• Az Aranybulla megújítása

Revised text of the Golden Bull

(1231; modern Hungarian translation)

• IV. Béla és fiai törvénye

King Béla IV and Sons' Code of Law

(1267; modern Hungarian translation)

• IV. László I. törvénye

King László IV's First Code of Law

(23 June 1279; modern Hungarian translation)

• III. András törvényei

King Andrew III's Code of Law

(1290-1291 & 1298; modern Hungarian translations)

• Visegrad 1355

Charters between the kings of Poland, Bohemia and Hungary. Available in several languages.

3 Sept. 1335

19 Nov. 1335

22 Nov. 1335

26 Nov. 1335

3 Dec. 1335

6 Jan. 1336

(English)

• The Declaration of the Hungarian War

War declared against Austrian princes.

(1682; English)

• Austro-Hungarian - American Diplomacy

From the Avalon Project

(1829-1909; English translations and transcriptions)

• Hungarian Declaration of Independence

(April 1849; English translation)

• The Triple Alliance

Treaty between Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy.

Includes additional declarations from each country.

(May 20-28, 1882; English transcription)

• The Hungaro-Croatian Compromise of 1868 (The Nagodba)

This document is reprinted from Seton-Watson, R.W. The Southern Slav Question and the Habsburg Monarchy.

London: Constable and Co., 1911. The translation is by Seton-Watson.

(1868; English translation)

• House of Hungary

Includes laws and resolutions from 1990 to the present.

(Hungarian transcriptions).

• World Law Guide: Legislation Hungary

Collection of Hungarian Laws.

• International Law Directory: Hungary

Statutes, criminal and civil codes, and other legal materials.

A portal of the BYU Law School.

• Guide to Law Online: Hungary

Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.

(Translations and transcriptions)

• Accession to the EU

Treaty and other documents concerning Hungary's admission to the European Union. Part of EUR-Lex, a service of the European Union.

(2003; English)

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