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Trest smrti na území moderného Slovenska
The Death Penalty in the territory of modern Slovakia

Author(s): Dominik Bobrovský
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: capital punishment; execution; death penalty; Slovakia; Czechoslovakia; Austria-Hungary

Summary/Abstract: The article reviews essential elements connected with the death penalty perfor¬mance – means of execution, courts, numbers, and exceptions in the territory of modern Slovakia since the beginning of the 20th century, which are also used as the main chapters of the article. Each chapter is divided into subchapters, consisting of the three important periods – Austria-Hungary, the first Czechoslovak Republic, and Czechoslovakia after 1945 and the communist revolution.

  • Issue Year: 19/2024
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 163-183
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Slovak
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