A bíró és a hóhér, avagy a Jó és a Rossz apokaliptikus küzdelmének bemutatása a büntetőjog szemüvegén keresztül

István Ambrus’s essay is based on Friedrich Diirrenmatt’s novel called „The judge and the hangman”. In the first part of the writing the author presents the tale to show: this is not just a simple short story of a homicide. It is much more than that and tries to show the apocalyptic fight of the Good and the Evil to the reader. The characters have extremely different viewpoints about the human sins. This conflict is the origin of their lifelong opposition. In the second part the author presents the point of view of the criminal lawyer based on the Hungarian criminal law. First of all he talks about the homicides of the characters, especially the problem of the legal self-defense. After that he mentions the problem of the animal abuse because of the scene when one of the performers shoots down a dog. Finally the author touches a criminology question. Which character’s viewpoint is right? Are the majority of the crimes solved by the police, or they remain unexplored