Gábor Jobbágyi

Gábor Jobbágyi (Budapest, 1947), legal scholar and lawyer, taught law at the University of Miskolc from 1982. From 1996 he was Professor of Law and Chair at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, and Professor at Széchenyi University in Gyõr. He has published 96 articles in Hungarian and international journals, and published nine books. His special fields are civic law, family law, the law of medicine, and aspects of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

BLOODY THURSDAY, 1956: THE ANATOMY OF THE KOSSUTH SQUARE MASSACRE

On 25 October 1956 one of the biggest mass murders in Europe in the second half of the 20th century took place on Kossuth Square in front of the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest. Three books have been published about this tragedy and the event is – at least in part – studied in many more publications. Despite this,

2014.01.06.

PROVOCATION? THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION OF 1956

My recently published book, The 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight which reports on the 20,000 victims of the post-revolution reprisals, has received extensive and positive reviews in many forums of the press. In my book, I examine the events that took place on 23 October 1956 at the headquarters of Hungarian Radio

2011.11.04.

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