Hungarian legal education is rarely discussed from a pedagogic perspective, especially in English. This paper would like to fill a gap in the academic literature on this topic by presenting a unique multidisciplinary co-teaching initiative, aiming to mix 'the best of two worlds': developing a legal ethics course which is an amalgam of philosophical/theoretical and legal/practical elements. Describing how a compulsory Legal Ethics course was delivered at the István Széchenyi University of Gyor in a case study format, the main aim of the authors is to contribute to the international academic discourse on law school pedagogy in general, and on legal ethics education in particular. First, we provide an overview of professional ethics education in law schools, focusing on the origins of the course in the United States of America. Then, after a review of the academic literature on multidisciplinary co-teaching, the context of this Legal Ethics course is presented: the situation of legal ethics education in the Hungarian law curriculum. Then the course particulars, especially the content and the assessment, will be described in detail, based on the personal experiences and observations of the authors.

This article explores the historical context surrounding István Bibó, widely regarded as the most important Hungarian political thinker of the 20th century, and his analysis of moral publicity. Bibó’s work, The Ten Commandments of the Freedom-Loving Man, became a key text for intellectuals fighting against the communist regime. This text consists of ten statements reflecting important moral principles, as outlined in The Political Ten Commandments of the Freedom-Loving. Bibó wrote this during the Horthy era as a foundational document for a public initiative involving writers and activists associated with the movement. István Bibó clearly valued the moral principles of political ethics. Despite being banned, his text quickly spread through word of mouth, creating a network of intellectuals who resisted the communist regime’s oppression. Notably, this one-page document has yet to be translated into English. In our study, we trace the origins of this significant anti-communist text, written by Bibó, one of Hungary’s most influential political thinkers of the 20th century. The document presents political and moral propositions that remain timeless and relevant.