Ferenc Finkey

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

Ferenc Finkey
Finkey in 1918
Crown Prosecutor
In office 1935–1940
Monarchs	Miklós Horthy as Regent
Preceded by	Endre Gáll
Succeeded by	Zoltán Timkó
Personal details
Born	(1870-01-30)30 January 1870 Sárospatak, Zemplén County, Austria-Hungary
Died	23 January 1949(1949-01-23) (aged 78) Sárospatak, Hungary
Profession	jurist

The native form of this personal name is Dr. Finkey Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

He became an ordinary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1929. He was elected to the House of Magnates 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 (Budapest, 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

• Works by or about Ferenc Finkey at the Internet Archive

Legal offices
Preceded by Endre Gáll	Crown Prosecutor 1935–1940	Succeeded by Zoltán Timkó