Event Report

Conference on "Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context"

June 8, 2016

On June 6, 2016, the Department of Legal Studies together with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest organized a conference around a new, important book on Italian constitutional justice entitled “Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context” (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Professors Renáta Uitz and Eszter Polgári presented in a workshop on the rule of law

May 20, 2016

On March 30, 2016 Professors Eszter Polgári and Renáta Uitz participated in a workshop on the rule of law organized by Platform 112 and the Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity – CROSOL in Zagreb, in the Parliament of Croatia.

Departmental Coffee House - meet your alumni

May 18, 2016

Within the framework of the 25th Anniversary Alumni Reunion Weekend, the Department of Legal Studies organized its second Departmental Coffee House, where students, faculty and alumni met to share their experiences in and after CEU. The Coffee House took place on May 6, 2016, 5pm. Professor Tibor Tajti, Acting Head of the Department of Legal Studies, and Chair of the International Business Law Program, opened the Coffee House. During the Coffee House three alumni gave retrospection on student life in CEU and presentation on their careers after graduation from CEU.

Successful PhD defense of Asress Gikay

February 25, 2016

We are proud to share our congratulations on the successful PhD defense of Asress Gikay, SJD student of the International Business Law program at Department of Legal Studies, on ‘New Legal Framework for Secured Transactions in Ethiopia Based on UCC Article 9, German and Hungarian Secured Transaction Laws’.

Unidroit’s contribution to the harmonisation of private law: past achievements and future challenges

February 25, 2016

Professor Anna Veneziano, the Deputy Secretary General of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT, Rome), was a guest of the International Business Law Program of the Department of Legal Studies on February 23, 2016.