Lajos Vékás

LAJOS VÉKÁS (Kolozsvár, 1939) professor emeritus of law, is the author of nineteen books in Hungarian, English and German on private law and private international law. He taught these subjects at Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (1963–2009), was Rector of this University (1990–1993) and founding Rector of the Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study (1992–1997). He was a visiting professor at the University Heidelberg (1986/87). Since 2014 he is Vice-President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

PRIVATE LAW CODIFICATIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF CULTURAL HISTORY

I. INTRODUCTION The collapse of Communist regimes left the legislatures of the affected states with the duty to satisfy two fundamental economic and social demands. The first consisted of enacting laws to enshrine the democratic transformation of the structure of executive power, specifically in terms of reshuffling the relationship (the

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