The Contribution Of Polish And Hungarian Legal Theory To The European Science Of Law

The paper consist of three parts. First the author dials with the notion and types of legal cultures. Word-wide, a regulating and an orienting legal culture can be distinguished. In the regulating legal culture, which is characteristic of the Euro-Atlantic culture, law is accepted as a normative, regulating rule but not always in the same extent. The orienting legal culture is a characteristic of Asian and African countries where statues have only a symbolic role. The topic of the second part of the paper: the effectiveness of law. The developmental stage and standard of legal culture and within this that of awareness of justice, as the realization of legal instruction, are the most important components of the effectiveness of legal regulations. It is to be emphasized that the development of awareness of justice and legal culture of citizens is not only influenced by the so-called ‘legal core’ but it is mainly affected by the education system, media and other elements of everyday life. In the last part of the study the author examines of the effectiveness of the legal order of European Union. The pledge of the future of the ’acquis communautaire’ is how effective its regulation will be. Its regulations will be. Its measurement is a complex task. The effectiveness of the Community law depends on national laws.