Honorary Doctors and Distinguished International Lecturers

Honorary Doctors of the Faculty since 2000

The Faculty of Law at Eötvös Loránd University confers the titles of Doctor et Professor Honoris Causa or Doctor Honoris Causa upon distinguished legal scholars from Hungary and abroad, as well as prominent public figures.

2000/2001 academic year

  • Prof. Ferenc Mádl, President of the Republic of Hungary, Eötvös Loránd University

2001/2002 academic year

  • Prof. Kurt Seelmann, Universität Basel

  • Prof. Bálint Balla, Technische Universität Berlin

2002/2003 academic year

  • Prof. Peter Christian Müller-Graff, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heildelberg

2003/2004 academic year

  • Prof. Hans Hoyer, Universität Wien

2004/2005 academic year

  • Prof. Manfred Weiss, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität

2005/2006 academic year

  • Prof. István Deák, Columbia University in the City of New York

2006/2007 academic year

  • Prof. Herbert Kronke, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heildelberg

  • Prof. Günter Jerouschek, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

2007/2008 academic year

  • Prof. Werner Heun, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

2008/2009 academic year

  • Prof. em. Kurt Siehr, Max-Planck-Institut, Hamburg

2009/2010 academic year

  • Prof. Lajos Vékás academic, former rector of  ELTE 

2010/2011 academic year

  • Prof. Spyridon Vrellis, director of Hellenic Institute of International and Foreign Law 

2011/2012 academic year

  • Prof. Helmut Rüßmann, Saarland University

2012/2013 academic year

  • Prof. em. Wilhelm Brauneder, Universität Wien

  • Prof. em. Helmut Koziol, Universität Wien

2013/2014 academic year

  • Prof. Paolo Aureliano Becchi, University of Genoa, University of Lucerne

2014/2015 academic year

  • Prof. em. Rainer Pitschas, German University of Public Administration (Speyer)

2015/2016 academic year

  • Prof. em. Attila Harmathy, Eötvös Loránd University 
  • Prof. Thomas Rauscher, Universität Leipzig
  • Prof. Volker Lipp, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

2017/2018 academic year

  • Prof. Hugh Beale, Warwick University

2018/2019 academic year

  • Prof. Rudolf Welser, Universität Wien
    interview

2020/2021 academic year

  • Prof. Andreas Voßkuhle, Albert-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg
  • Prof. Armin von Bogdandy, Max-Planck-Institut Heidelberg

2021/2022 academic year

  • Prof. Christoph Grabenwarter, Vienna University of Economics and Business 
    interview

2022/2023 academic year

  • Prof. Martin Ahrens, University of Göttingen
  • Prof. Peter-Tobias Stoll, University of Göttingen

2024/2025 academic year

  • Prof. Koen Lenaerts, Catholic University of Leuven
    interview

2025/2026 academic year

  • Prof. Dalibor Čepulo, University of Zagreb
    interview