The 150th Anniversary of the Hungarian Commercial Act (1875–2025)

 Friday, 21 November 2025                                                                                                          Venue: Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest, Szentkirályi u. 28-30

08.30-09.00 Registration

09.00-09.10 Welcome Addresses

Dr. László Komáromi, Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Faculty of Law, dean

Prof. Dr. Emőd Veress, Central European Association for Comparative Law, president 09.10-09.20

Opening Address

Prof. Dr. Lajos Vékás (Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest; member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

SECTION I

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Attila Dudás

09.20-09.40 Prof. Dr. Csehi Zoltán (Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest; judge, Court of Justice of the European Union): The importance of the Commercial Code of 1875 from Ferenc Nagy to the Present Day

09.40-10.00 Prof. Dr. Walter Doralt (University of Graz): Origins and History of the Commercial Law Codification inAustria and Germany and its Evolution into the 21st Century – the Interaction between Commercial and Civil Law Rules

10.00-10.20 Coffee-break

SECTION II

10.20-10.40 Prof. Dr. Gustavo Vieira-Da-Costa-Cerqueira (Université Côte d’Azur, Nice): Persistent Dualism in French Private Law: Historical Roots

10.40-11.00 Prof. Dr. Lukas Rass Masson (Université Toulouse 1 Capitole): Persistent Dualism in French Private Law: Contemporary Challenges

11.00-11.20 Prof. Dr. Antonio Tisci (Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli): Civil Law and Commercial Law: A Disjunctive Conjunction? The Experience of Italian Codification (1865–1942)

11.20-11.40 Prof. Dr. Emőd Veress (University of Miskolc): Civil and Commercial Obligations in Hungary and Romania from Historical Perspective: Antagonism or Complementarity?

11.40-12.10 Questions & Answers Sections I-II

12.30-14.00 Light lunch for registered participants (at the conference venue)

SECTION III

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Emőd Veress

14.00-14.20 Prof. Dr. Attila Dudás (University of Novi Sad): From the Principle of Dualism in 19th Century to the Principle of Monism in the 1978 Yugoslav Obligations Act

14.20-14.40 Dr. András József Pomeisl (Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest): Regulation of commercial companies in Hungary from the Commercial Code (1875) to the Civil Code (1959)

14.40-15.00 Dr. Kristián Csach (University of Trnava): Puzzle Made in Slovakia: When Civil

and Commercial Law Don’t Click

15.00-15.20 Patryk Leks (Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach): Civil and Commercial Codes under Polish Law – Historical and Contemporary Perspective

15.20-15.40 Questions & Answers Section III

Organizers: Péter Pázmány Catholic University, Budapest / Central European Association for Comparative Law,Miskolc / Central European Academy, Budapest / Forum Iuris Association, Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár)

A konferencia részben a Nemzeti Együttműködési Alap, a Miniszterelnökség és a Bethlen Gábor Alapkezelő Zrt. NEAO-KP-1-2025/2-001874 számú, Civil szervezetek működésének biztosítására vagy szakmai programjának megvalósítására és működésének biztosítására fordítható összevont támogatás által valósult meg. / The conference wasmade possible in part by a consolidated grant (No. NEAO-KP-1-2025/2-001874) from the National Cooperation Fund, the Prime Minister’s Office, and Bethlen Gábor Fund Management Ltd., which may be used to ensure the operation of civil society organisations or to implement their professional programmes and cover operational costs.