Curriculum Vitae
PROF DR CSABA VARGA
Curriculum vitae
born in 25 May, 1941 at Pécs, Hungary
graduated in 1965 (University of Pécs Faculty of Law), studies at one spring and two summer
sessions offered by la Faculté Internationale pour l’Enseignement du Droit Comparé at Strasbourg,
Amsterdam & Pescara (1968–71)
“candidate” (CSc, 1977) & “doctor” (DSc, 1991) “of legal sciences” as granted by the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
married (with Ágnes Liptai, piano teacher, in 1965) with two children (Koppány, m, 1968, arts
historian, cultural investment counsellor & Réka, f, 1977, once humanitarian law specialist at the
International Committe of the Red Cross, adjunct professor at the Péter Pázmány Catholic
University of Hungary)
Research Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Legal Studies of the Social Science Centre of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2011–, member of its research staff from 1965 on as
assistent fellow, associate fellow, fellow, senior fellow, scientific adviser) [H–1250 Budapest, P.O.
Box 25; E-mail: <varga@jog.mta.hu>, web: <http://jog.tk.mta.hu/en/researcher/varga-csaba>]
Professor Emeritus of Law and ex founder Director of the Philosophy of Law Institute—awarded with
the title “Place of Excellence” (2її6–11) of the National Accreditation Committee—at the
Faculty of Law of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University of Hungary (1995–) and national
co-ordinator of the EU “Culture 2000” S[aint]T[homas]E[ducation]P[roject] [2005] [H–1428 Budapest 8,
P.O. Box 6 {for parcels: H–1ї88 Budapest, Szentkirályi út 28}; phone: +361-4297-230
{secretary: +361-4297-226 & -227, or rather -291} & fax: +361-4297-226; E-mail:
<varga@jak.ppke.hu>
{secretary
jbi@jak.ppke.hu},
web:
<https://jak.ppke.hu/oktatas/oktatoink-kutatoink/varga-csaba>]
having taught, among others, at graduate level,
Paradigms of Legal Thinking, Trends of XXth Century Legal Philosophising,
Legal Theory (as main subjects),
Comparative Legal Cultures, Transition to Rule of Law, and Law & Language
(as optional subjects); as well as,
at postgraduate level,
Globalisation & Law, Trends of Contemporary Legal Philosophising, and
Theory of the Judicial Process
teaching now, at graduate level,
Comparative Legal Cultures (as optional obligatory specialisation subject),
Paradigms of Legal Thinking, Trends of XXth Century Legal Philosophising,
Transition to Rule of Law (as optional subjects); as well as,
at postgraduate level,
Globalisation & Law, Trends of Contemporary Legal Philosophising, and
Theory of the Judicial Process
(founding deputy dean, 1995–2002 & founding board member of the Doctoral
School, 2000–)
Professor of Law [1992–2002] and Director of the Comparative Legal Cultures Project of the EU
Phare/Tempus [1990–93 & 1995–98] (re-organising law curriculum in all faculties of law in
Hungary with an EU network of 25 faculty members in partnership) at the Faculty of Law of
Eötvös Loránd University
(member of the teaching staff between 1982–92 as adjunct, then, as associate professor)
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Political Adviser as Member of the Advisory Board (1991–94) to The Prime Minister of the
Republic of Hungary
associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law (2002–)
»Master Teacher« (National Scientific Students’ Club, 2її9); “Pro Facultate” prize (2011); Pázmány
Péter Catholic University Plakette in memory of contribution to the University’s foundation (2012);
Széchenyi Prize [the highest recognition available for scientific achievement in the country]
(2013)
series editor to Philosophiae Iuris і Jogfilozófiák (Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó ь Osiris & Szent
István Társulat 1988–), Jog [Law] (Budapest: Osiris 1990–), Bibliotheca Cathedrae Philosophiae
Iuris et Rerum Politicarum Universitatis Catholicae de Petro Pázmány / Bibliotheca Facultatis
Iuris Universitatis Catholicae de Petro Pázmány / A PPKE JÁK Könyvei [Book series of the
Faculty of Law of Pázmány Péter University] (1996–2012)
founding editorial board member of the quarterly Current Legal Theory [Leuwen] (1983–98),
bimonthly Ratio Iuris [Bologna/Oxford] (1986–), quarterly Legal Theory [Harvard, Mass.] (1993–
99), monthly Magyar Szemle [Hungarian Review] [Budapest] (1995–2003), bimonthly Világosság
[Clarity: a philosophical forum] [Budapest] (2003–), book series of PhD Tanulmányok [PhD
papers] 6– szerk. Ádám Antal (Pécs: Pécsi Tudományegyetem Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar
Doktori Iskola 2007–), irregular Romanian Review of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy
[Timiоoara] (2008–),
Е
[Russian Yearbook of Legal
Theory]
. А. В.
я , I– [
/SanktPetersburg: Ю
ч
я
]
(2009–), yearbook А
[International law almanac]
[
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c /Odessa] (2009–), Acta Universitatis Danubius: Juridica [Galaţi] (2ї1ї–), halfyearly Law of Ukraine Scientific-practical Professional Journal [or, from 2013 on] Legal Journal /
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[or, from 2ї13 on] Ю
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quarterly
Ю
ч
[К іК іKiev] (2011–), irregular
/ quarterly
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[Philosophy of law and general legal theory]
[К ï /Kiev] (2012–),
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я [Comparative legal series] [К ï /Kiev]
2013–;
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[Comparative
jurisprudence: Scientific-practical professional journal] [К ï /Kiev] (2013–), П ав в и
[Jurisprudence] [
/SanktPetersburg] (2013–), Comparative Studies in Law and Politics
/ С ав и
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[
/Moscow] (2013–), Romanian Journal of Comparative Law [Bucharest] 2013/3–; Journal of
East European Law [Texas, USA & Odessa/Kiev] (2014–), Kutafin Law Review (Moscow: State
University of Law »Kutafin«] (2014–)
secretary, then chairman, of the Hungarian National Section of the International
Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) (1976–2006 / 2006–) &
secretary of the Philosophy of Law Committee of the Hungarian Lawyers’ Association
(1970–89); founding chairman of the Hungarian Association for Semiotics of Law (1989–2000)
founding vice-chairman of Lajos Batthyány Foundation (1990–94), the Atlantic Council of
Hungary (1990–94) & the Windsor Club (1993–2000); governing board member of the United
Nations Association of Hungary (1991–95); vice-chairman of the Hungarian League for
Human Rights (1995–99); board member of István Széchenyi & György Békesy Scholarships
Committee (1999–2002); founding member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on
How to Come to Face with the Past (1990–91) & the Advisory Board to the Prime Minister
of the Republic of Hungary (1991–94) as well as of the Batthyány Circle of University
Professors (1994–2007), the Association of the Friends of Pécs (1995–), the Hungarian
Heritage Prize Steering Committee (1996–), the Academic Reform Committee of the
Minister of Education (2001–02) & the Iustitia et Pax Committee of Hungary (2002–2011)
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organizer of workshopsіsymposia wі papers at Int’l Inst. for the Sociol. of Law [Oñati]
([autopoiesis] (1991) & [transition] (1993); TEMPUS »Comp. Leg. Cult.s Project« Budapest
[»Philosophiae Iuris«] (1995) ь [transition] (1997), [SzegedіPécs] (1997), Budapest [leg.
methodology] (1998) & [Miskolc] (1998); Nat’l Res. Fund [Tї32156] [socialism’s Marxism]
(2003); Saint Thomas Education Project [STEP, EU “Culture 2їїї”] [Budapest] (2005); organizer
of section Pol. Sci. Nat’l Meeting [Szeged] (2ї1ї)
co-organizer of IVR bilateral symposia (Austria/Hungary [Graz/Leibnitz] (1983),
[Balatonkenese] (1985) & [Graz/Leibnitz] (1990), as well as Finland/Hungary [Helsinki] (1990);
Eötvös Loránd Univ. Bibó-College [rule of law] (1990)
guest professor at the Lund Dept. of Sociology (postgraduate course, April–May 1977), Freie
Univ. Berlin (1983), Eur. Acad. of Legal Theory [Brussels] (1991), Münster Dept. of Legal
Sociology (Febr.–March 1992), Stockholm Fac. of Law (Sept. 2004), Siberian Federal Univ. Law
Inst. [Krasnoyarsk] (Sept. 2010); visiting professor at Trento Fac. of Law (July–Aug. 1991, July–Aug.
1992 & July 1997), Trier Fac. of Law (Aug. 1993) & the Int’l Inst. for the Sociol. of Law [Oñati]
(Aug. 1993 & Aug. 1996); visiting fellow at the Australian Nat’l Univ. Res. School of Social Sci.s
Hist. of Ideas Unit [Canberra] (Jan.–April 1987), Waseda Comp. Law Inst. [Tokyo] (Sept. 1987),
Yale Law School [New Haven, Conn.] (ACLS, Sept. 1988–May 1989), Edinburgh Inst. for
Advanced St.s in the Humanities (Aug.–Sept. 1989 & Aug. 1997) & Freiburg a.B. Fac. of Law
(Aug. 1994 & March 1999)
guest lecturing at Århus (1978); Alicante (1998); Hampshire Coll. [Amherst, Mass.] (1989);
Bologna (1983 & 1984); Eur. Acad. of Leg. Theory [Brussels] (1990); Australian Nat’l Univ.
[Canberra] Hist. of Ideas (1987) & Law (1987) Units; Duke Philos. Dept. [Durham, N.C.] (1988);
Florence (1984) & Res. Inst. for Legal Cybernetics (1984) & [formalism] (1993); Connecticut
[Hartford, Conn.] (1989); Cornell [Ithaca, N.Y.] (1989); Kiev Law Univ. (May 2012 & Oct. 2012);
København (1978 ь 1983); Autonomous Univ. of Portugal (1995) & Higher Inst. for Labour
[Lisbon] (1995); Lund Sociol. Inst. (1983) & Inst. for Sociol. of Law (1983); Limburg
[Maastricht] (1991); Lviv State Univ. of Home Affairs Ministry (2011); Münster (1990); Yale
[New Haven, Conn.] (1989); Paris II Centre for Leg. Phil. (1976 & 1977); Perugia (1983);
Columbia Central Eur. programme at Ráckeve (1992); Riga (1997); Roma “La Sapienza” Phil. of
Law Inst. (1983, 1984 & 1985); Washington [St. Louis, Miss.] (1989); »Lucian Blaga« [Sibiu]
(2012); Sydney (1987) & Austral. Ass’n for Phil. of Law (1987) & New South Wales (1987);
»Petru Maior« [Târgu Mureș] (2010); »West« [Timiоoara] (2010); »Mykolas Römeris« [Vilnius]
(2004); Central Eur. Univ. in Warsaw cont. edu. programme (1991), Inst. for Leg. St.s of the
Polish Acad. of Sci.s (Warsaw 1996 & 1998) & Private Univ. of Law & Econ. (Warsaw 1999)
invited speaker at Am. Council of Learned Soc.s [New York] Latin-Am. Comp. Const.
programme [Punta del Este, Venezuela] (1998) & Budapest programme [constitutionalism] (1992
& 1993); Turkish Phil. Soc. ь Ankara Bar Ass’n (2її6); Batthyány Circle of Professors
[Budapest] introd. speech [Rechtsstaat] (1999); Batthyány Lajos Found. [Dobogókő] [nat’l selfdeterm.] (1992), [Szentendre] [Eur. Comm.s] (1992) & [Budapest] (1999); [Ost]Berlin Leg. Theory
Days (1977), [efficacity] (1977), [law-formation] (1980), [systemicity] (1982), [law-applying]
(1987), [security in law] (1989); Eötvös Loránd Univ. [Budapest] [constitutionality] (1993) &
[Barna Horváth] (1993); Hung. Lawyers’ Ass’n Leg. Theory Committee [Budapest] [concept
formation] (1968), [law’s definition] (1969), [Lukács] (1979) ь [Ladislas Szalay] (1983); Hung.
Acad. of Sciences Phil. Class [Budapest] [legality] (1993); Inst. for Leg. Studies of the Hung.
Acad. of Sci.s [Budapest] (1991, 1992 ь 2її4), »Day of Sci.« (honorary speech 1997 & 2001) &
introd. speech 2006) & [EU-project] (2008 & 2009); Pázmány Péter Cath. Univ. [Budapest] [Prof
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Zlinszky] (1998), [comp. law] (2її2), jogi kultúrák összehasonlításáról, bev. előadással (2її7),
Esterházy János tud. emlékülés, jog paradoxonáról, előadással (2її7); Jogbölcseleti Intézet:
európai jogi kultúráról, nyitó előadással (2її7), társadalmi ellenállásról, nyitó előadással (2її7)
(1998, 2002 & 2007), Inst. for Leg. Phil. (organizing 2003, 2006, 2007 & 2007 & 2007, [Young
Forum] 2010 & organizing 2010); Azerbaijan Embassy [Budapest] [transition] (2009); Friedrich
Naumann Found. [Budapest] [transit. justice] (1991); Hermina Saloon [Budapest] [transition]
(2007); Iustitia et Pax [Budapest] [corruption] (1999) ь [OCIPE: economy’s morality] (1999);
Jesuite Coll. [Budapest] 1998); Károli Gáspár Protestant Univ. Bocskay István Coll. [Budapest]
[phil. of EU law] (2011); Kodolányi High School [Budapest] [obedienceіdisobedience] (2її8);
Kolping [Budapest] [transition] (2002); Konrad Adenauer Found. [Budapest] [transit. justice]
(1992); Lakitelek Found. [Budapest] [rule of law] (2000); Ministry of Justice [Budapest] [Criminal
Lawyers’ Club on prescription] (1991); Nat’l Public Service Univ. Faculty of Admin. [Budapest]
[Prime Minister Antall] (2013) & [leg. transfer] (2013); Saint Ignatius Coll. [Budapest] [democracy]
(1998); TF-Evenings [Budapest] [Hitel: transition] (2011); Critical Leg. St.s [VIII Eur. Conf.
Budapest] (1989) & [Jubilee Conf. Oxford] plenary session speaker (1993); Debrecen Reformated
Church Coll. [Debrecen] [Christian response challenged] (1992); Eur. Univ. Inst.
[Fiesole/Florence] ([leg. dev.] 1985 & [leg. thinking] 1987); [East-]German Lawyers’ Ass’n
[Babelsberg] [Jubilee] (1982); [East-]Gernan Acad. of Sci.s Inst. for State & Law [Ost/Berlin]
[democracy] (1977), [Neubrandenburg] [forms of state] (1979) & Jena [axiology] (1981); Konrad
Adenauer Found. (Brussels 1991); Inst. for Eur. ь Int’l St.s {Luxembourg} [Prague] (1991);
Lund Inst. of Leg. Sociol. (1995); State Paulinist Univ. Pol. Sci. Fac. [Marília, São Paulo] [Lukács]
opening/closing plenary speech (2009); Miskolc [const. adjudication] (1992), [positivism] (2000),
[rule/norm] (2003), [leg. doctrine] (2006), [rights] (2008); Nagoya Center for Asian Legal Exch.
[transition] (2003), [Budapest] (2004) & Nagoya (2006); Oxford [human rights] (1987); Rákóczi
Szöv. History Professors [Pannonhalma] [Hung. scholarship] (2004); Pécs Fac. of Law [Roman
law’s impact] (1987), [Communism’s law] (1989) & [Losonczy] (2002) & Fac. of Medicine
[Klebelsberg: Losonczy] (2002); Gramsci Inst. [Rome] (1985); Serbian Acad. of Sci.s & Arts [leg.
methodology] [Belgrade] [foundations] (1984), [Budapest] [axiology] (1986), [Belgrade]
[modernisation] (1988), [Budapest] organizer [phil. of law] (1990); Sibiu [East-Eur. judiciary]
(2013); Socialist acad.s on historical approach [Berlin/Ost] (1983), [Prague] (1984), [Moscow]
(1985), [Budapest] organizer (1985), [Potsdam] (1986), [Moscow] (1987), [Varna] (1989),
[Budapest] organizer (1990); Körber Found. {Bergedorf} [Tallinn] (1992); Aristotelian Univ.
[Thessaloniki] [21th cent. law] (1993); Saint Thomas Education Project [STEP, EU “Culture
2їїї”] [Barcelona] (2005), Palermo (2005); Nat’l Res. Univ. Econ. [Sanktpetersburg] [EU law in
globalism] (2012); »Petru Maior« Univ. [Târgu Mureо] [leg. responsibility] (2009) & [state/law]
(2010); Turku [human rights] (1990); »Twenty Years of Freedom« introd. plenary session speaker
[Budapest] (2010); Ukrainian Ac. »Koretzkiy« Inst. of Law [comp. law] [Yaremche] (2010) &
[Kiev] (2010) [Odessa] (2013); Umeå [globalism] (2007); Inst. for Leg. St.s of the Bulgarian Acad.
of Sci.s [Varna] [division of powers] (1983) & [law’s functions] (1985); »Mykolas Römeris«
[Vilnius] [phil.] [globalism] (2003) & [law] [anti-terrorism] (2004); Inst. for Leg. Studies of the
Polish Acad. of Sci.s [Warsaw] [legislation] (1974); Eur. Parliament Eur. Dem. Fraction [Weimar]
(1991)
regular participant at I[nternationales]V[ereinigung für]R[echts- und Sozialphilosophie] World
Congresses w/ papers (mostly also as session[s] [co-]chairman) (III Brussels 1971, IV Madrid
1973, extraord. Sydney/Canberra 1977, IX Basel 1979, X Mexico 1981, extraord. Lund 1983, XI
Helsinki 1983, extraord. Bologna 1984, XII Athens 1985, [presidium symp. Weimar 1986],
extraord. Reykjavík 1986, XIII Kobe 1987, XIV Edinburgh 1989, XV Göttingen 1991, XVI
Reykjavík 1993, XVII Bologna 1995, XIX New York 1999, XX Amsterdam 2001, XXI Lund
2003, XXII Granada 2005, XXIII Cracow 2007, [Taiwan Section, Taipei 2009] & XIV Beijing
2009, XXV Frankfurt am Main 2011, as well as plenary session speaker (XIV Edinburgh 1989)
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conference participation w/ papers at Antwerpen [Eur. leg. policy] (1992); Erasmus Seminar of
Leg. Th. [Brussels] (II 1990, III 1991, IV 1992 & V 1998); Eur. Acad. of Leg. Th. [Brussels]
([time] 1998 & [comp. law] 2002); Eötvös Loránd Univ. [Pilisszentkereszt] [leg. policy] (1984) &
Budapest (1993, 1993 & 1995), [Hart] (2001), [Schmitt] (2002), [Kelsen] (2005) & Dept. of Social
Theory [“retroactive justice”] (1990) ь Bibó Coll. (1990), leg. education (1991) & [civil
disobedience] (1991); Albanian Sociol. Inst. [Durrës] (2ї13); Győr Law Inst. [leg. theory] (2004);
Int’l Inst. for the Sci.s of Man [Vienna] (1991) ь [Cracow] (1991); Int’l Inst. for the Sociol. of
Law [Oñati] ([critical leg. st.s] (1994) & [post-comm. nomenclature] (1994), [leg. cult.] (1996) &
[21th cent. perspectives] (2004); Int’l Soc. for the Semiotics of Law [Edinburgh] (1989) &
[Reykjavík] (1993); Int’l Sociol. Ass. Res. Comm. for the Sociol. of Law [Balatonszéplak] (1976) &
[Warsaw] (1999); Int’l Symp. of Leg. Informatics [Salzburg] (2її4 ь 2її5), [Vienna] (2її6),
[Salzburg] (2007 & 2008); Jena (1981); Lund Inst. for Leg. Sociol. [Nordic forum] introd. plenary
session speech (1995); Limburg [Maastricht] [EU leg. education] (1991); Central Eur. Univ. [Prague]
[transit. justice] (1991); Pennsylvania State Univ. Res. Center of Semiotics of Law [Reading]
(1989); Slovak Acad. of Sci.s Inst. of Law [Smolenice] [Rechtsstaat] (1991) & 2001); Pécs Univ.
[Szekszárd] [leg. ethnogr.] (2008 & 2010); Szeged [leg. phil.] (2005); Turku (1983 & 1990); Valahia
[Târgoviоte] [law’s nature] (2005); Turku [leg. doctrine] (1983); Law ь Soc. Ass’n (Wisconsin,
Mad. 1989); York [Montabello, Québec] [civil control on military] (1992)
study trip at Cluj ([Kolozsvár] 1w 1979); Edinburgh (1w, 1995); Graz (1-1w 1991, 1992, 1993,
1996 & 1997); London (1-1w 2003 & 2008); London/Oxford (2ws 1996);
MontréalіQuébecіToronto (2ws 2001); Moscow (1-1w 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2000);
Moscow/Leningrad (2ws 1968); Munnich (1-1w 1985 & 1995); Paris (4-4ws 1971 & 1976, 2ws
1988, 1-1w 1995, 1998, 2004 & 2008); Prague (1-1w 1985 & 1993); Regensburg (1-1w 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 & 2007); Riga (1-1w 1999 & 2001); Rome (1-1w 1996 & 2005); Sofia (2ws
1973); Tallinn (2ws 1995 & 1w 2006); Tallinn/Tartu (2ws 1997); Tiflis/Kiev (2ws 1985); Vienna
(1-1w 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 & 2002); Vilnius (1-1w 1996, 2003 &
2004); Warsaw (1-1w 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2000); Warsaw/Cracow (2-2ws 1972 & 2001)
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his main book-size publications in English include
—as authored—
Codification as a Socio-historical Phenomenon [in Hungarian 1979, 2nd rev. & enlarged ed.
2002] 2nd {reprint} ed. [1991] with an Annex ь Postscript (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2ї11)
viii + 431 & <http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/varga-codification-as-a-sociohistorical-phenomenon-1991/>
The Place of Law in Lukács’ World Concept [in Hungarian 1981, 2nd rev. & enlarged ed.
2003] 3rd {reprint} ed. [1999] with Postface (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2ї12) 218 ь
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/the-place-of-law-in-lukacs-world-concept19852012/>
The Nature of the Judicial Process The Judicial Establishment of Facts [in Hungarian 1992,
2nd rev. & enlarged ed. 2001] 2nd {reprint} ed. [1994] with Postfaces I and II (Budapest: Szent
István Társulat 2ї11) viii + 3ї8 ь <http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/vargatheory-of-the-judicial-process-the-establishment-of-facts-19952011/>
Law and Philosophy Selected Papers in Legal Theory (Budapest: Eötvös Loránd University
Project on Comparative Legal Cultures 1994) xi + 530 [Philosophiae Iuris] &
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/varga-law-and-philosophy-%E2%80%93papers-in-legal-theory-1994/>
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Transition to Rule of Law On the Democratic Transformation in Hungary [in Hungarian
1998] (Budapest: Eötvös Loránd University Project on Comparative Legal Cultures 1995) 190
[Philosophiae Iuris] & <http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/transition-to-rule-oflaw-on-the-democratic-transformation-in-hungary-1995/>
Paradigms of Legal Thinking [in Hungarian pre-ed. 1996, 1st ed. Osiris 1998 with reprint
1999, reprints Szent István Társulat 2її2, 2її3] enlarged 2nd ed. [Lectures on the paradigms of
legal thinking, 1999] (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2ї12) 418 [Philosophiae Iuris] ь
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/85083788/VARGA-ParadigmsOfLegalThinking-2012>
Transition? To Rule of Law? Constitutionalism and Transitional Justice Challenged in Central
ь Eastern Europe [in Hungarian 2її7] (Pomáz: Kráter 2її8) 292 [PoLíSz sorozat könyvei 7] &
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/varga-transition-to-rule-of-law-—constitutionalism-and-transitional-justice-challenged-in-central-and-eastern-europe-2008/>
Comparative Legal Cultures On Traditions Classified, their Rapprochement & Transfer, and
the Anarchy of Hyper-rationalism (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2ї12) 253 [Philosophiae
Iuris] & <http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/varga-comparative-legal-cultures2012/>
Theory of Law Norm, Logic, System, Doctrine & Technique in Legal Processes, with Appendix
on European Law (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2ї12) 371 [Philosophiae Iuris] ь
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/csaba-varga-theory-of-law-2012/>
Contemporary Legal Philosophising Schmitt, Kelsen, Lukács, Hart, ь Law and Literature,
with Marxism’s Dark Legacy in Central Europe (On Teaching Legal Philosophy in Appendix)
(Budapest:
Szent
István
Társulat
2ї13)
342
[Philosophiae
Iuris]
ь
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/csaba-varga-contemporary-legalphilosophising-2013/>
—as edited—
Comparative Legal Cultures ed. & preface [enlarged ed. in Hungarian 2000] (Aldershot, Hong
Kong, Singapore, Sydney: Dartmouth & New York: New York University Press 1992) xxiv +
614 [The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Legal Cultures 1]
Marxian Legal Theory ed. with preface & bibliography (Aldershot, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Sydney: Dartmouth & New York: New York University Press 1993) xxvii + 530 [The
International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Schools 9]
Coming to Terms with the Past under the Rule of Law The German and the Czech Models
[in Hungarian 1994], ed. with preface & bibliography (Budapest 1994) xxvii + 178 [Windsor
Klub]
European Legal Cultures co-ed. & co-authored with Volkmar Gessner & Armin Hoeland
(Aldershot, Brookfield USA, Singapore, Sydney: Dartmouth 1996) xviii + 567 [TEMPUS
Textbook Series on European Law and European Legal Cultures]
On Different Legal Cultures, Pre-Modern & Modern States, and the Transition to Rule
of Law co-ed. with Werner Krawietz (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot 2003) xi + 139–531
[Rechtstheorie 33 (2002) 2–4: II. Sonderheft Ungarn]
Barna Horváth The Bases of Law [1948] (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2її6) liii + 94
[Philosophiae Iuris: Excerpta Historica Philosophiae Hungaricae Iuris і Jogfilozófiák] ь
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/barna-horvath-the-bases-of-law-ed-csabavarga-2006/>
his book-size publications in German, French and Russian include
—as authored–
Études en philosophie du droit / Estudios en filosofia del derecho (Budapest: Eötvös
Loránd University Project on Comparative Legal Cultures 1994) xii + 332 [Philosophiae Iuris] &
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<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/varga-etudes-en-philosophie-du-droitestudios-en-filosofia-del-derecho-1994/>
Rechtsphilosophische Aufsätze (Budapest: Eötvös Loránd University Project on Comparative
Legal
Cultures
1994)
x
+
292
[Philosophiae
Iuris]
&
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/varga-rechtsphilosophische-aufsaetze1994/>
Право
я
я [Law: Theory and philosophy] (Budapest: Eötvös Loránd
University Project on Comparative Legal Cultures 1994) xiv + 281 [Philosophiae Iuris] &
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/varga-pravo-teoriya-i-filosofiya-1994/>
—as edited—
Rechtsgeltung Ergebnisse des Ungarisch-österreichischen Symposiums der Internationalen
Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 1985, co-ed., with preface, with Ota Weinberger
(Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden 1986) 136 [Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie,
Beiheft 27]
Theoretische Grundlagen der Rechtspolitik Ungarisch-österreichisches Symposium der
Internationalen Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 1990, co-ed. with Peter Koller &
Ota Weinberger (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden 1992) 185 [Archiv für Rechts- und
Sozialphilosophie, Beiheft 54]
Aus dem Nachlaß von Julius Moór ed. with preface (Budapest: Eötvös Loránd University
Project on Comparative Legal Cultures 1995) xvi + 158 [Philosophiae Iuris] &
<http://philosophyoflaw.wordpress.com/>
Felix Somló Schriften zur Rechtsphilosophie ausgewählt ь eingeleitet (Budapest: Akadémiai
Kiadó
1999)
xx
+
114
[Philosophiae
Iuris]
&
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/felix-somlo-schriften-zur-rechtsphilosophiehrsg-csaba-varga-1999/>
István Losonczy Abriss eines realistischen rechtsphilosophischen Systems [1948]
(Budapest:
Szent
István
Társulat
2її2)
144
[Philosophiae
Iuris]
&
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/istvan-losonczy-abris-eines-realistischenrechtsphilosophischen-systems-hrsg-csaba-varga-2002/>
Julius Moór Schriften zur Rechtsphilosophie (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2її6) xxii +
485 [Philosophiae Iuris: Excerpta Historica Philosophiae Hungaricae Iuris / Bibliotheca Iuridica:
Opera Classica 3] & <http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/julius-moor-schriftenzur-rechtsphilosophie-hrsg-csaba-varga-2006/>
Die Schule von Szeged Rechtsphilosophische Aufsätze von István Bibó, József Szabó und
Tibor Vas (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2її6) 246 [Philosophiae Iuris: Excerpta Historica
Philosophiae Hungaricae] & <http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/die-schule-vonszeged-rechtsphilosophische-aufsatze-von-istvan-bibo-jozsef-szabo-und-tibor-vas-hrsg-csabavarga-2006/>
Auf dem Weg zur Idee der Gerechtigkeit Gedenkschrift für Ilmar Tammelo, hrsg. mit
Raimund Jakob, Lothar Philipps, Erich Schweighofer (Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, Wien,
London, Zürich: Lit Verlag 2її9) 321 [Austria: Forschung und Wissenschaft –
Rechtswissenschaft 3]
his further book-size publications exclusively in Hungarian include
—as authored—
A felsőfokú jogi oktatás főbb mai rendszerei [The main systems of university education of
law today] (Budapest: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Állam- és Jogtudományi Intézete 1967)
210 & <http://www.scribd.com/doc/192579048/varga-felsofoku-jogi-oktatas-1967>
Jogi elméletek, jogi kultúrák Kritikák, ismertetések a jogfilozófia és az összehasonlító jog
köréből [Legal theories and legal cultures: Review and survey papers in legal philosophy and
7
comparative law] (Budapest: Eötvös Loránd University Project on Comparative Legal Cultures
1994) xix + 5ї3 [Jogfilozófiák] & <http://www.scribd.com/doc/192580217/vargajogelmeletek-jogkulturak-1994>
Politikum és logikum a jogban A jog társadalomelmélete felé [Politics and logics in law:
Towards a social science theory of law] (Budapest: Magvető 1987) 5ї2 [Elvek és Utak] &
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/192582441/varga-politikum-logikum-jogban-1987>; A jog
társadalomelmélete felé [Toward a social science theory of law] rev. & enlarged ed. (Budapest:
[Osiris]
1999
[ь
reprints])
xi
+
326
[Jogfilozófiák]
&
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/193332570/varga-jog-tarsadalomelmelete-fele-1999>
A jog mint folyamat [Law as process] (Budapest: Osiris 1999 [ь reprints]) 43ї [Osiris könyvtár:
Jog] & <http://hu.scribd.com/doc/46269606/varga-a-jog-mint-folyamat-2001>
A jog mint logika, rendszer és technika [Law as logic, system and technique] (Budapest:
[Osiris] 2їїї) 223 [Jogfilozófiák] & <http://www.scribd.com/doc/193295262/varga-jog-mintlogika-rendszer-technika-2000>
Útkeresés Kísérletek — kéziratban [Searches for a path: unpublished essays] (Budapest: Szent
István
Társulat
2її1)
vi
+
167
[Jogfilozófiák]
&
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/varga-csaba-utkereses-kiserletek-keziratban2001/>
Jogfilozófia az ezredfordulón Minták, kényszerek – múltban, jelenben [Philosophy of law at
the turn of millennia: Patterns and forced paths in past and present] (Budapest: Szent István
Társulat 2її4) 45ї [Jogfilozófiák] & <http://www.scribd.com/doc/46271951/vargajogfilozofia-az-ezredfordulon-2004>
Jogrendszerek, jogi gondolkodásmódok az európai egységesülés perspektívájában
(Magyar körkép – európai uniós összefüggésben) [Legal systems and judicial mentalities in the
perspective of the European unification: A Hungarian overview in the context of the European
Union] (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2009) 282 [Az uniós tagság következményei a magyar
jogrendszerre
és
a
közigazgatásra]
ь
[Jogfilozófiák]
&
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/85037925/varga-csaba-jogrendszerek-europai-egysegesulesben2009>
Válaszúton – húsz év múltán Viták jogunk alapjairól és céljairól [At the Crossroads again, after
Twenty Years: Debating the foundations and destinations of our law] (Pomáz: Kráter 2ї11) 256
[PoLíSz sorozat kötetei 7] ь <http://www.scribd.com/doc/85072170/varga-valaszuton-2011>
»...csak múlásunk törvény...« Varga Csaba jogfilozófussal beszélget Mezei Károly [»only our
passing away is a law«: Csaba Varga legal philosopher is interviewed…] (Budapest: Kairosz
Kiadó 2ї12) 142 [Magyarnak lenni CIII]
—as edited—
Modern polgári jogelméleti tanulmányok [Studies from legal theory of the West] (Budapest:
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Állam- és Jogtudományi Intézete 1977) 145 ь Jog és filozófia
Antológia a század első felének polgári jogelméleti irodalma köréből [Law and philosophy:
Anthology from western legal theory of the first half of XXth century] (Budapest: Akadémiai
Kiadó 1981) 383 {rev. & enlarged ed.: Jog és filozófia Antológia a század elsô felének
kontinentális jogi gondolkodása köréből [Law and philosophy: Anthology from continental legal
theory of the first half of XXth century] ed. with a preface (Budapest: Osiris 1998) viii + 238
[Jogfilozófiák], further rev. and enlarged ed.: Jog és filozófia Antológia a XX. század jogi
gondolkodása köréből [Law and philosophy: Anthology from the legal thought of the XXth
century] ed. with a preface (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2її1; 2008) xii + 507
[Jogfilozófiák]}
Hans Kelsen Tiszta Jogtan [Reine Rechtslehre, 1934] trans. István Bibó (Budapest: [AkaPrint]
1988;
reprint
Budapest:
Rejtjel
2її1)
xxii
+
1ї6
[Jogfilozófiák]
&
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/192746442/kelsen-tiszta-jogtan-1988>
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Kiáltás gyakorlatiasságért a jogállami átmenetben [Cry for practicalness in transition to rule
of law] (Budapest: [AKAPrint] 1998) 122 [Windsor Klub könyvei II]
A jogi gondolkodás paradigmái Szövegek [Paradigms of legal thought: Readings] (Budapest:
[ETO Print] 1998 [reprint 1999; Osiris 2їїї; Szent István Társulat 2її3]) iii + 71 [Bibliotheca
Cathedrae Philosophiae Iuris et Rerum Politicarum Universitatis Catholicae de Petro Pázmány
nominatae Budapest, III Fasciculi 2]
Jog és nyelv [Law and language] co-ed. with Miklós Szabó (Budapest: [Books-in-Print] 2000) vi
+ 27ї [Jogfilozófiák]
István Losonczy Jogfilozófiai előadások vázlata [Outlines of lectures on legal philosophy]
[1948] (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2її2) xvi + 282 [Jogfilozófiák] &
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/192749244/losonczy-jogfilozofiai-eloadasok-2002-pdf>
A szocializmus jogelmélete és a marxizmus [The legal theory of socialism and the Marxism]
(OTKA munkaértekezlet [Tї32156]) co-ed. with András Jakab [an annex to] Jogelméleti Szemle
2003/2 in <http://jesz.ajk.elte.hu/2003_4.html>
‘Marxizmus és jogelmélet’ [Marxism and legal theory] = Világosság Bölcsészeti-akadémiai folyóirat
XLV (2004) 4, 116 & <http://www.vilagossag.hu/pdf/20041124144450.pdf>
Aquinói Szent Tamás A Summa Theologiae kérdései a jogról [Saint Thomas Aquinas: The
Questions of Summa Theologiae relating to law (I-II, qq. 90–108 & II-II, qq. 57–62)] (Budapest:
Szent
István
Társulat
2ї11)
ix
+
269
[Jogfilozófiák]
ь
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/192752076/aquinoi-szt-tamas-a-jogrol-2011-pdf>
Sándor Horváth A természetjogról [On natural law] (Budapest: Szent István Társulat 2ї12) vi +
332 [Jogfilozófiák]
his series-edited publications in English [in the series Philosophiae Iuris] include, in addition to his own
ones,
FERENC HÖRCHER Prudentia iuris Towards a Pragmatic Theory of Natural Law (Budapest:
Akadémiai Kiadó 2їїї) 176
Historical Jurisprudence / Történeti jogtudomány ed. JÓZSEF SZABADFALVI (Budapest:
[Osiris] 2000) 303
Scandinavian Legal Realism / Skandináv jogi realizmus ed. ANTAL VISEGRÁDY (Budapest:
[Szent István Társulat] 2її3) xxxviii + 159
Ius unum, lex multiplex Liber amicorum: Studia Z. Péteri dedicata (Studies in Comparative
Law, Theory of State and Legal Philosophy) ed. István H. SZILÁGYI – Máté PAKSY (Budapest:
Szent István Társulat 2її5) 585
Theatrvm legale mvndi Symbola Cs. Varga oblata, ed. Péter CSERNE et al. (Budapest: Societas
Sancta
Stephani
2007)
xv
+
674
&
<http://drcsabavarga.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/theatrvm-legale-mvndi-ed-cserne-2007/>
his series-edited publications in Hungarian [in the series Jogfilozófiák {Legal philosophies}] include, in
addition to his own ones,
CARL SCHMITT: Politikai teológia [Politische Theologie] (1992) xxii+41
LAJOS CS. KISS – ANDRÁS KARÁCSONY (ed.): A társadalom és a jog autopoietikus
felépítettsége Válogatás a jogi konstruktivizmus irodalmából [The autopoietical construction of
society and law: A selection] (1994) 124
GEORG JELLINEK: Általános államtan [Allgemeine Staatslehre] (1994) 124
H. L. A. HART: A jog fogalma [The concept of law] (1995) 375 [Osiris könyvtár: Jog]
PÉTER PACZOLAY (ed.): Alkotmánybíráskodás – alkotmányértelmezés [Constitutional
adjudication and interpretation] (1995, 2000) 216
PÉTER TAKÁCS (ed.): Joguralom és jogállam [Rule of law and Rechtsstaat] (1995) 330
9
ISTVÁN H. SZILÁGYI: A jogi antropológia főbb irányai [The main directions of legal
anthropology] (2000, 2005) 173
ISTVÁN H. SZILÁGYI (ed.): Jog és antropológia [Law and anthropology: texts] (2000, 2005) viii
+ 366
JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY: Természetjog Eszmetörténet [History of natural law ideas] (2її1) 371
FERENC HORKAY HÖRCHER (ed.): Hayek és a brit felvilágosodás Tanulmányok a
konstruktivista gondolkodás kritikájának eszmetörténeti forrásairól [Hayek and the British
Enlightenment: Studies in the history-of-ideas sources of the criticism of constructivist thought]
(2002) xviii+112
PÉTER PACZOLAY: Az alkotmányelmélet fejlődése és az európai integráció [Development of
constitutional theory and European integration] (2003) 153
PÉTER PACZOLAY (ed.): Alkotmányelmélet és európai integráció [Constitutional theory and
European integration: Texts] (2003) 180
PÉTER TAKÁCS (ed.): Államtan Írások a XX. századi általános államtudomány köréből
[Allgemeine Staatslehre: Writings from 20th century general theory of the state] (2003, 2005) xvi
+ 962
JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY (ed.): Természetjog Szöveggyűjtemény [Natural law texts] [2її4] 2. jav. és
bőv. kiadás (2її6) 332
ISTVÁN H. SZILÁGYI – MÁTÉ PAKSY (ed.): Ius unum, lex multiplex Liber amicorum: Studia Z.
Péteri dedicata (Studies in comparative law, theory of the state, and philosophy of law] (2її5)
585
BALÁZS FEKETE (ed.): A jogösszehasonlítás elmélete Szövegek a jelenkori komparatisztika
köréből [The theory of comparative law: contemporary texts] (2її6) 195
JEROME FRANK: Bíráskodás az elme ítélőszéke előtt Válogatott írások [Judging judged:
Selected texts] (2006) 164
ÁGNES ZSIDAI: A tiszta jogszociológia Horváth Barna szinoptikus jogbölcselete [Pure
sociology of law: The synoptic legal theory of Barna Horváth] (2її8) 184
MÁTÉ PAKSY (ed.): Európai jog és jogfilozófia Konferenciatanulmányok az európai integráció
ötvenedik évfordulójának ünnepére [European law and philosophy of law: Proceedings of a
conference dedicated to the fiftieth year of the European integration] (2008) 397
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