Dr. Ferenc Finkey (30 January 1870 – 23 January 1949) was a Hungarian jurist, who served as Crown Prosecutor of Hungary from 1935 to 1940. He became an ordinary member of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its mai ...

in 1929. He was elected to the

House of Magnates The House of Magnates ( hu, Főrendiház) was the upper chamber of the Diet of Hungary. This chamber was operational from 1867 to 1918 and subsequently from 1927 to 1945. The house was, like the current British House of Lords The House of ...

in 1939. His work is lasting value in the area of substantive criminal law and criminal procedural law.

Publications

* ''Az egység és többség tana a büntetőjogban'' (Sárospatak, 1895) * ''A magyar büntetőeljárás tankönyve'' (

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, 1899) * ''A börtönügy jelen állapota és reformkérdései'' (Budapest, 1904) * ''A tételes jog alapelvei és vezéreszméi'' (Budapest, 1908) * ''A magyar büntető perjog tankönyve'' (Budapest, 1916) * ''A magyar anyagi büntetőjog jelen állapota'' (Budapest, 1923) * ''Büntetéstani problémák'' (Budapest, 1933)

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Finkey, Ferenc 1870 births 1949 deaths People from Sárospatak Hungarian jurists Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences People from Austria-Hungary