The Private Law Elements of Citizenship Law in the 19th Century

The bourgeois transformation created the conditions subsequent to which the demand for statutory regulation of Hungarian citizenship could emerge. The codification of citizenship law was helped by the appearance of the idea of sovereignty and of the principle of equality before the law. The develop...

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Main Author: Norbert Varga
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Language:deu
Published: STS Science Centre Ltd. 2011-01-01
Series:Journal on European History of Law
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Online Access:https://journaloneuropeanhistoryoflaw.eu/index.php/JEHL/article/view/311
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description The bourgeois transformation created the conditions subsequent to which the demand for statutory regulation of Hungarian citizenship could emerge. The codification of citizenship law was helped by the appearance of the idea of sovereignty and of the principle of equality before the law. The development of a bourgeois state organisation striving to rid itself from the vestiges of feudalism made the reform of citizenship law, as one of the elements of state sovereignty, unavoidable. The bourgeois transformation played a major role not only in the extension of the principle of equality before the law, but also in changing the meaning and the content of the concept of citizenship. Citizenship was an expression of the legal relationship existing under public law between a state and its citizen. In the public law of feudalism, this concept did not exist. As a result of this process, citizenship law also became a part of public law in Hungary (act L of 1879), despite the fact that certain elements of private law continued to play a role in case of both the acquisition and the loss of citizenship.
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spelling doaj-art-66eb7d2a17c544d89987ef908b7424a82025-08-20T04:02:12ZdeuSTS Science Centre Ltd.Journal on European History of Law2042-64023049-90892011-01-0121The Private Law Elements of Citizenship Law in the 19th CenturyNorbert Varga0Department of Hungarian Legal History, Faculty of Law, University of Szeged, Hungary The bourgeois transformation created the conditions subsequent to which the demand for statutory regulation of Hungarian citizenship could emerge. The codification of citizenship law was helped by the appearance of the idea of sovereignty and of the principle of equality before the law. The development of a bourgeois state organisation striving to rid itself from the vestiges of feudalism made the reform of citizenship law, as one of the elements of state sovereignty, unavoidable. The bourgeois transformation played a major role not only in the extension of the principle of equality before the law, but also in changing the meaning and the content of the concept of citizenship. Citizenship was an expression of the legal relationship existing under public law between a state and its citizen. In the public law of feudalism, this concept did not exist. As a result of this process, citizenship law also became a part of public law in Hungary (act L of 1879), despite the fact that certain elements of private law continued to play a role in case of both the acquisition and the loss of citizenship. https://journaloneuropeanhistoryoflaw.eu/index.php/JEHL/article/view/311Citizenshippublic lawHungarian constitutional historylegitimizationnaturalizationmarriage
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The Private Law Elements of Citizenship Law in the 19th Century
Journal on European History of Law
Citizenship
public law
Hungarian constitutional history
legitimization
naturalization
marriage
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public law
Hungarian constitutional history
legitimization
naturalization
marriage
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