The Historic Origins of the National Assembly in Hungary

Autores/as

  • Zoltán Szente Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i8.37

Palabras clave:

national assembly, Hungary, early parliaments, feudal diets

Resumen

The article examines the roots of Hungarian national assemblies. To discuss the changes of structure and functions from the establishment of the first deliberative assemblies up to the fully-developed feudal Diet, it suggests a conceptual framework for the ‘historic’ national assemblies. It argues that the roots of the modern Parliament can be traced back to those national assemblies which were no longer simply the occasional meetings of the ecclesiastic and secular aristocracy, but were instead assemblies summoned annually by the king in order to discuss and decide on public affairs of nationwide interest. Although some differences can be discovered between the functions of the earlier, the fully-developed feudal Diets and the modern representative Parliaments, there was an inherent logic in their development, namely, the gradual strengthening of the legislative function as well as the controlling of the Executive.

Fecha envío: 14/02/2007
Fecha aceptación: 17/04/2007

Biografía del autor/a

Zoltán Szente, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest)

Investigador del Hungarian Institute of Public Administration, Budapest, y del Departamento de Historia del Derecho húngaro en la Facultad de Derecho de la Eötvös Loránd University, de Budapest. Tiene como principales campos de investigación la Historia constitucional europea, la Historia del Derecho parlamentario y, las relaciones entre el gobierno central y local. Es autor o coautor de cinco libros, y más de 50 capítulos de libros y artículos publicados en seis idiomas.

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Europa y Estados Unidos de América