Welcome to the website of the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law!
Established in 2019, the Institute is named after Ferenc Mádl, an academic, an emblematic figure of Hungarian comparative law, an internationally renowned lawyer and President of the Hungarian Republic. During the establishment Ferenc Mádl Institute for Comparative Law (MFI), existing comparative law institutes in other countries served as an important model, in particular the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law which operates under the Federal Ministry of Justice; the Hellenic Institute of International and Foreign Law; and, in some respects, the Max Planck Institute. Beyond the foreign examples, it was also emphasized during the establishment of the MFI that the Institute should also reflect Hungarian national priorities and characteristics both in terms of its spirit, its tasks and its personal and infrastructure capacity.
The ECHR at 70: The Central European Narrative
To mark the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the Central European Academy and the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law are organizing a scientific international conference in Budapest 15-16 June 2023 on “The ECHR at 70: The Central European Narrative“, to which you are cordially invited.
The ECHR at 70: The Central European Narrative
To mark the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the Central European Academy and the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law are organizing a scientific international conference in Budapest 15-16 June 2023 on “The ECHR at 70: The Central European Narrative“, to which you are cordially invited.
Events
The ICC at 25: Lessons Learnt, Might Have Been Learnt and Unlearnt
The Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law and the Central European Academy are organising an international scientific conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, focusing on the current challenges of international criminal justice from the ICC’s point of view. You are cordially invited to the conference to be held in Budapest on 4-5 September 2023.
Maastricht 30
We would like to invite you to the international conference ‘Maastricht 30’ organised by the Central European Academy and the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law. The conference will take place on 29–30 June 2023 in Budapest.
News
The ECHR at 70: The Central European Narrative
To mark the 70th anniversary of the entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the Central European Academy and the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law are organizing a scientific international conference in Budapest 15-16 June 2023 on “The ECHR at 70: The Central European Narrative“, to which you are cordially invited.
Codification of Civil Law: Assessment, Reforms, Options
On the occasion of the anniversary of the introduction of the Hungarian Civil Code, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Central European Academy and the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law are organising an international conference entitled “Codification of Civil Law: Assessment, Reforms, Options” on 18-19 May 2023, to which you are cordially invited.
175 Years of the April Laws: Fundamental Legal Transformations in 1848 and as a Consequence of the Springtime of Nations
In 2023 there will be 175 years since the enactment of the so-called April Laws in Hungary (1848), which gave the foundations of the modern state.
As a consequence, the Legal History Subcommittee of Section IX of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Legal History Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law will organise a conference on “175 Years of the April Laws: Fundamental Legal Transformations in 1848 and as a consequence of the Springtime of Nations” on 5 April 2023 in Budapest, to which you are cordially invited.
About our namesake
Ferenc Mádl
Scholar, university professor of law, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Minister without portfolio and later Minister of Culture and Public Education in the first two conservative cabinets between 1990-1994. President of Hungary between 2000-2005.
A Mádl Ferenc Összehasonlító Jogi Intézet névadója, a rendszerváltoztatás utáni szabad Magyarország második köztársasági elnöke, kiemelkedő tudású és nemzetközi tekintélyű jogtudós, akadémikus, a magyar jogösszehasonlítás emblematikus alakja.
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