Research Article

The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, with Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights

Volume: 6 Number: 1 June 29, 2018
  • Zsolt Szomora
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The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, with Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights

Abstract

This paper covers the system of appeal as an ordinary legal remedy in criminal cases under Hungarian criminal procedural law. First, the system of courts as an institutional background will be outlined, then the procedural and substantial conditions of appeal will be described. The framework of any remedial (appellate) system is determined by the following factors: the personal scope of the right to appeal, the grounds of appeal, the rights of the participants in the appellate proceedings, the form of court proceedings, the scope of revision, and the type of decisions the appellate court can deliver. This paper briefly describes all these factors so that the typical features of appeal under Hungarian criminal law can be seen. The paper covers both the institution of first and second appeal, highlighting the cases where a second appeal needs to be made available. Furthermore, the functioning of the constitutional complaint in criminal cases will also be drafted. This kind of constitutional remedy was first put into practice in the Hungarian procedural and constitutional system in 2012. Of the various problem points, the paper focuses on the participatory rights of the defendant in appellate procedures, highlighting the main debate and features of this topic under Hungarian criminal procedural law.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Law in Context

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 29, 2018

Submission Date

February 20, 2018

Acceptance Date

February 22, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Szomora, Z. (2018). The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, with Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights. Ceza Hukuku Ve Kriminoloji Dergisi, 6(1), 99-115. https://izlik.org/JA58YB72CX
AMA
1.Szomora Z. The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, with Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights. Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi. 2018;6(1):99-115. https://izlik.org/JA58YB72CX
Chicago
Szomora, Zsolt. 2018. “The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, With Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights”. Ceza Hukuku Ve Kriminoloji Dergisi 6 (1): 99-115. https://izlik.org/JA58YB72CX.
EndNote
Szomora Z (June 1, 2018) The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, with Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights. Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi 6 1 99–115.
IEEE
[1]Z. Szomora, “The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, with Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights”, Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 99–115, June 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA58YB72CX
ISNAD
Szomora, Zsolt. “The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, With Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights”. Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi 6/1 (June 1, 2018): 99-115. https://izlik.org/JA58YB72CX.
JAMA
1.Szomora Z. The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, with Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights. Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi. 2018;6:99–115.
MLA
Szomora, Zsolt. “The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, With Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights”. Ceza Hukuku Ve Kriminoloji Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 99-115, https://izlik.org/JA58YB72CX.
Vancouver
1.Zsolt Szomora. The Right to Appeal and Individual Application in Criminal Proceedings in Hungary, with Special Regard to the Defendant’s Participatory Rights. Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 1;6(1):99-115. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA58YB72CX