Justice Under Party Control: Structure and Personnel of the Czechoslovak Socialist Judiciary (1948–1989)

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/pazmany_law_review/article/view/20865" target="_blank" >https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/pazmany_law_review/article/view/20865</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.55019/plr.2025.1.25-49" target="_blank" >10.55019/plr.2025.1.25-49</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Justice Under Party Control: Structure and Personnel of the Czechoslovak Socialist Judiciary (1948–1989)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article explores the judiciary’s structure, personnel, and day-to-day operations in socialist Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1989. Drawing on fragmented archival materials, legislative sources, and select biographical profiles, it reconstructs how judicial authority was subjected to political control, particularly through Party oversight, selective recruitment, and internal discipline mechanisms. The analysis emphasises the regime’s strategic approach to institutional memory, characterised by the systematic destruction, displacement, or failure to preserve judicial records. It further examines the evolution of judicial practice – from the ideological extremism of the early 1950s to the more routine yet still tightly regulated legal environment of the normalisation period. Through the careers of prominent court presidents and judges, the article illustrates how professional advancement was determined not by legal merit but by political loyalty and conformity. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of law as an instrument of governance under state socialism. It addresses the methodological challenges inherent in reconstructing legal history in an environment of archival silence.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Justice Under Party Control: Structure and Personnel of the Czechoslovak Socialist Judiciary (1948–1989)

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article explores the judiciary’s structure, personnel, and day-to-day operations in socialist Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1989. Drawing on fragmented archival materials, legislative sources, and select biographical profiles, it reconstructs how judicial authority was subjected to political control, particularly through Party oversight, selective recruitment, and internal discipline mechanisms. The analysis emphasises the regime’s strategic approach to institutional memory, characterised by the systematic destruction, displacement, or failure to preserve judicial records. It further examines the evolution of judicial practice – from the ideological extremism of the early 1950s to the more routine yet still tightly regulated legal environment of the normalisation period. Through the careers of prominent court presidents and judges, the article illustrates how professional advancement was determined not by legal merit but by political loyalty and conformity. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of law as an instrument of governance under state socialism. It addresses the methodological challenges inherent in reconstructing legal history in an environment of archival silence.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Pázmány Law Review

ISSN

2064-1818

e-ISSN

2786-393X

Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

HU - Maďarsko

Počet stran výsledku

25

Strana od-do

25-49

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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