Emlék(ezet)törvények a rendszerváltozást követő Magyarországon

Abstract

: Research on legal memory has a history of approximately two decades. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach, it seeks to answer how law, through its distinctive normative features – such as normativity and enforceability – can shape collective memory. The issue becomes particularly complex when the legislator assumes the additional role of interpreting, or reinterpreting, history. The political, ideological, social, and economic transformations that accompanied Hungary’s democratic transition also prompted a fundamental reconsid-eration of the nation’s collective memory. This article examines this period in order to address the following questions: which symbolic figures and historical events have been incorporated into the national pantheon by the Hungarian Par-liament, and how has the legislature, through the enactment of memory laws, engaged with and interpreted Hungary’s past?