Requirements for the content and form of student written assignments at

PTE-ÁJK
The aim of this requirement system is to enable students at the Faculty of Law
and Political Sciences of the PTE to and the formal and stylistic requirements for
the writing of student essays, coursework and thesis requirements for the form
and style of thesis and dissertations.
I. Structuring, structure and parts of the thesis
The completed thesis shall consist of the following parts, in the order described
here:
A) Title page
a) Title and subtitle of the essay,
(b) name of the author, subject, course of study, timetable, semester number,
(c) name of consultant
B) Table of contents (may be omitted for papers shorter than 10 pages)
C) Abbreviations / Tables / List of figures (optional)
D) Introduction
a) description of the topic, statement of the problem;
b) justification of the choice of topic;
c) Methodology (sources used, methods applied)
E) Outline of the topic, divided into chapters, sub-chapters, points, depending on
the length of the thesis
F) Conclusion: answer to the question posed, conclusions
G) List of references used
H) List of legislation used
I) Annexes (optional)
In addition to the title, the sections (chapters) of the essay must be numbered as
follows
system:
Roman numerals, i.e. I. II. III. etc. indicate the largest units,
within these, Arabic numerals, (1., 2., 3.), indicate the subchapters,
one level down, the numbering shall be 1.1, 1.2, etc., within which the numbering
1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc., shall be used, respectively.
This system should be logically extended.
The numbering should start at the "Introduction" chapter and continue to the
"Summary". Table of contents,
the list of abbreviations/tables/figures, the list of bibliography used should not be
numbered. A
Annexes, if there are several, should be indicated by capital letters of the alphabet.
II Citation - Reference - List of references used
1. Citation
Many times in the course of writing an essay, we quote the ideas of others and
link them to the
our own conclusions, and to analyse, justify or refute them. We do not use our
own sources
is called quoting. Without citation, it is impossible to write a correct scientific
paper.
There are two ways of citing (both methods can be used, but their purpose and the
effect they have is different):
verbatim/word by word (if the wording is important and has value),
or in your own words, paraphrased (and thus in your own way of thinking, style
or by using our own words or phrases, or by incorporating them more easily into
our own style or style).
In the second case, make sure that you really paraphrase the quote, so that it fits
in with the preceding and
following thoughts, sentences, our own style.
Quotation marks - at the beginning of the quotation, down (") at the end, up (")
should be used only for the literal quotation. 4 or more
or more lines of text, the quoted text should be given in a separate paragraph, line
spacing 1.
Both verbatim and paraphrased quotations should be cited by reference.
2. Citation
Quotation marks alone (especially since they are not always obligatory) are not
sufficient to indicate the
distinguish others' ideas from our own. If someone uses the ideas of others without
indicating it,
is plagiarism; a plagiarizing essay will be marked with an unsatisfactory grade.
This is done by reference avoided by citation: the reference is the indication of
the source of the quotation.
The numbering method should be used for citations: both literal and paraphrased
in the case of a citation, an Arabic numeral at the end of the citation in a
superscript, such as: 1, indicates the citation. Multiple citations
numbers follow each other in ascending numerical order.
The "unlocking" of the code, i.e. the disclosure of the source, is given as a footnote
at the bottom of the page. The individual
for each type of source is as follows:
Book/monograph
author(s)/editor(s): title. place of publication, publisher, year of publication.
number of pages (total number of pages)
Géza Mezei: Restored Europe. Budapest, Osiris Kiadó, 2001. 343 p.
Journal article
author: title = title of journal year/number (or month, day in case of daily or
weekly), page number
(from to)
Gábor Bende-Szabó: The law of the European Community. = European Review
2000/6, pp. 27-40.
Book chapters, publications in edited volumes, CDs, DVDs
author: title. In: volume title. place of publication, publisher, year of publication.
page number (from to)
Károly Kiss: The welfare effects of environmental tax reforms in the EU. In.
In Inototai In Inotai Inotai, In. Inotai Inotai, Inotai, Inotai, Inotai, Budapest,
National Development Office, 2004. pp. 1067-1088.
Internet source.
Author: title. website URL title download date
Gábor Hollósi: Stratification and career profile of correspondence law students
http://www.jogiforum.hu/files/publikaciok/hollosi_gabor-levpalya.doc
16.03.2004.
Manuscripts, presentations
author: title. type of source. place of publication (birth of paper, delivery of
lecture), date of publication,
name of institution, conference title
Köröspataky Terézia: The psychology of adult education. University doctoral
dissertation. Debrecen, 1983, Kossuth Lajos University of Sciences
Legal resources
year number number title, paragraph number, paragraph number
The editor should be distinguished from the author by the (ed.) after the name.
For all citations, in addition to the above information, the location of the quoted
passage, i.e. the exact
page number (in the case of a journal article, book chapter, or article published in
a volume of studies, only the page number
should only be given here).
The same work may be cited more than once. To avoid repetition, the
the following system should be used:
1. when the work is cited for the first time in the essay, the complete series of data
should be given
2 is the last name of the author,
is the year of publication,
and the page number (cited).
3 If several works by the same author published in the same year are cited in the
same essay, the title should be given
should be included in the citation.
If the work we have used quotes from another work and we use this quotation in
our own
in our own work (citation citation), the citation should be given as follows:
cited work details
Cited by:
citing work details
E.g. Géza Marton, Textbook on the Elements of Roman Private Law. G. Martes,
G. Martes, G. Martes, G. Martes, G. Méliusz, Debrecen, 1943:
András Földi: History and Institutions of Roman Law. National Textbook
Publishing House, Budapest, 2004.
3. A list of the literature used is given at the end of this thesis.
All the sources used in this thesis are listed in the end of this paper.
grouped according to type (monograph, journal article, etc.), with the authors of
the
in alphabetical order by author name. The list of literature used should include all
sources referred to in
cited in the course of the work and should not include any source not cited.
The number of sources used must be proportionate to the (required and actual)
length of the paper.
III. Abbreviations
The standard abbreviations (Civil Code, NATO, etc.) may be used in the essays.
term to be abbreviated is used in the essay, the full term should be given, followed
by the
abbreviation. If 15 or more abbreviations are used in the essay, they should be
preceded by the
a list of all abbreviations used, listed in alphabetical order.
IV. Tables and figures
Tables and figures inserted in the text of the essay should be numbered and titled
above the object,
aligned to the centre. Tables and figures should be numbered separately.
V. Formal requirements
Font size and type: Times New Roman 12 (10 in footnotes)
Line spacing: 1,5 (longer than 4 lines, 1 for verbatim quotations)
Margins: 2,5 cm (3,5 cm left margin for a bound-in essay)
Page numbering: bottom centre
Alignment: line-justified
Formatting of chapter headings:
Level 1 (I) Bold
Level 2 (1) Bold italic
Level 3 (1.1.) Italic
Level 4 and further (1.1.1.1.) Normal