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The study examines the results of the 1922 general elections on the basis of new research into so-far unexplored sources. One novelty of the present paper is that it compares these results to the already existing research on the field, and debates the arguments of other scholars discussing the topic. The study proves that besides the 140–143 mandates of the United Party (Egységes Párt), the government was also supported by approximately 30 members of the parliament. This altogether meant 170–173 Christian-conservative MPs. It really stood for the "Two-Third" parliamentary support of Bethlen's government. However, the paper also calls attention to the fact that the elections yielded this result not only because of the open ballot system of the rural areas, but also due to corruption and breaching of law in the sphere of civil service. Consequently, whoever praises the system of consolidation by István Bethlen's government, should also keep in mind that it was not based on universal suffrage and secret ballot that were deemed necessary in a modern parliamentary democracy.

On his two days campaign trip in the territory between the Danube and River Tisza, Count István Bethlen primarily emphasised the reconstitution of national unity, religious peace and reconciliation among social classes. This political campaign aimed at peacefully revising the Treaty of Trianon. And he thought it well: in order to achieve this goal, it was necessary to conceive political realism, that is, the economic, social and cultural reinforcement of die nation. For example, it was expedient for beginning the land reform, the dissemination of intensive forms of agricultural production and the industrialisation supplementing imports. For the intellectual basis to achieve these goals, Bethlen considered Christian liberalism the most appropriate. As a result of this campaign, the nominees of the United Party won 6 out of the 9 electoral districts. And among these 6 constituencies, 3 were eventually taken by the governing party by an intervention through the civil service. Bethlen and the leaders of the United Party often exploited the state apparatus and the civil service - in many cases illegally - to preserve power positions. Thus even the subsequent successes of the Bethlen consolidation cannot overshadow this fact.

Opposition parties fought for a great voteing reform for several decades. They could not be successful. Most part of the political elit feered anykind of changes. Before the First World War, István Tisza, the prime minister of Hungary blocked every initiative to change the voteing rules, because he thought already a little change could be catastrophic. István Friedrich participetied in the sufffrage movement by Independant Party. After the first World War Hungary tried to reorganize itself. On the autum of 1919 hungarian goverment (its prime minister was István Friedrich) introduced new voting regulations that made possible more people to vote. After the first election two party exceed. One was the smallholders party. The other was Christian National Union Party. In the first term of the National Assembly the political system was not stabilized. After the first attempt of Charles the Fourth to returne Istvan Bethlen became prime minister. He wanted to stabilized the whole political system to start a reform process. For the that he started to build up a ruling party and reform the voting system. Friedrich and the opposition parties tried to stop Bethlen's plan. They failed. Bethlen installed a new voting system with open ballott. That system helped the ruling party to hold the power. It did not change for almost twenty years. Istvan Friedrich as a member of the parlament always stand out for secret ballott system. He belived with that Hungary could become more democratic and prosperus. ; Opposition parties fought for a great voteing reform for several decades. They could not be successful. Most part of the political elit feered anykind of changes. Before the First World War, István Tisza, the prime minister of Hungary blocked every initiative to change the voteing rules, because he thought already a little change could be catastrophic. István Friedrich participetied in the sufffrage movement by Independant Party. After the first World War Hungary tried to reorganize itself. On the autum of 1919 hungarian goverment (its prime minister was István Friedrich) introduced new voting regulations that made possible more people to vote. After the first election two party exceed. One was the smallholders party. The other was Christian National Union Party. In the first term of the National Assembly the political system was not stabilized. After the first attempt of Charles the Fourth to returne Istvan Bethlen became prime minister. He wanted to stabilized the whole political system to start a reform process. For the that he started to build up a ruling party and reform the voting system. Friedrich and the opposition parties tried to stop Bethlen's plan. They failed. Bethlen installed a new voting system with open ballott. That system helped the ruling party to hold the power. It did not change for almost twenty years. Istvan Friedrich as a member of the parlament always stand out for secret ballott system. He belived with that Hungary could become more democratic and prosperus.

The paper summarises the sources, functions and species (types) of Hungarian private law's general principles. It emphasises that the non-legal basis thereof consists in the Common European Cultural Heritage (as Greek philosophy, Roman law, Judeo-Christian religious tradition, Humanism, Enlightenment). Thereafter, the contribution analyses the interdependence and mechanisms of action of the governing principles of Rule of Law and Justice. The study shows that, on the one hand, among homogeneous relationships and circumstances, Justice operates as the Rule of Law, while, in heterogeneity, it is the Equity, which performs the Rule of Law by means of correction of Justice: Both Justice and Equity guarantee the perpetuance of Rule of Law, which has a certain predominance according to the previous two principles. The article presents how these governing principles bind and oblige legislation, application of law and subjects of law (persons) as well. In a critical approach, the paper defines Equity as it is a governing principle of Hungarian private law obliging legislation and jurisdiction in different manners for guaranteeing Rule of Law by a correction of Justice through a one-sided preference resulting from judicial discretion based on statutory mandate for the purpose, on the one hand, of the shield those worthy of protection, and, on the other hand, in special and extraordinary cases, in order to grant derogations from the general norm within the very provisions of certain regulations.