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Administration of Justice in Czechoslovakia in the years 1948-1953

Publication at Faculty of Law |
2017

Abstract

This article is focused on legislation changes of the administration of justice in the years 1948-1953. The aim of such changes was not only to seize the control over the judiciary in a way that would give an impression of judicial independence, but, similarly to other fields of law, also to unify the existing legislation.

From the point of view of the judicial administration, the period from 1948 until 1953 can be considered as a period of searching for an optimal model of the administration of justice which would have suited both, the courts and the Ministry of Justice as the central government authority. Nevertheless, most importantly it should have allowed the effective (political) control and governance of the judiciary in matters that do not directly relate to judicial decisions.