- Károly Csemegi
Károly Csemegi (1826–1899) was a Hungarian judge who was instrumental in the creation of the first
criminal code of Hungary. Though born Jewish, he later converted to Christianity. [cite web
url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=759&letter=C
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accessdate=2006-05-27 ] After serving as amajor and commanding troops in the unsuccessfulHungarian Revolution of 1848 , he worked as anadvocate in the countryside. Following theAustro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 , Csemegi became a high official in the new Hungarian Ministry of Justice, in which capacity he drafted the 1878 Criminal Code as well as the Code of Criminal Procedure. Soon after, he was appointed to the post of Presiding Judge of the Hungarian Supreme Court. Csemegi was also the founder and first president of the Hungarian Jurists' Association.References
* cite book |last=Gönczi |first= Katalin |pages= 151| chapter= Csemegi, Károly
editor= Michael Stolleis (ed.) |title= Juristen: ein biographisches Lexikon; von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert |edition= 2nd edition |year= 2001 |publisher= Beck |location= München |language= German |id= ISBN 3406 45957 9Footnotes
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