Administrative Reforms in the Hungarian Municipalities after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise: The Introduction of the Office of Lord Lieutenant and the Applicable Rules in Hungary
The period following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 is crucial in the history of Hungarian public administration, as it was the time when Act XLII of 1870, the first comprehensive act regulating the medium-level territorial administrative units in Hungary was passed. The aim of the Act was...
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| Language: | deu |
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STS Science Centre Ltd.
2024-11-01
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| Series: | Journal on European History of Law |
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| Online Access: | https://journaloneuropeanhistoryoflaw.eu/index.php/JEHL/article/view/331 |
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| Summary: | The period following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 is crucial in the history of Hungarian public administration, as it was the time when Act XLII of 1870, the first comprehensive act regulating the medium-level territorial administrative units in Hungary was passed. The aim of the Act was to enforce the will of the central government in the counties and towns of municipal rights, one way of which was through the office of the főispán (hereinafter: lord-lieutenant). The Hungarian government restored the office of lord-lieutenant in 2023. The aim of this paper is to present the historical background of this newly restored legal institution, focusing on municipal administration, with a special emphasis on the history of the regulation of the powers of the lord-lieutenant, which may provide useful information for understanding the historical background of the “old-new” administrative office and for analyzing the relationship between the medium-level administrative units and the central government.
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| ISSN: | 2042-6402 3049-9089 |