Polityczne uwarunkowania orzecznictwa karno-administracyjnego Polski Ludowej
Political circumstances of criminal and administrative judicature in the People’s Republic of Poland

Summary/Abstract: In December 1951, the reform of the system of criminal and administrative judicature introduced the magistrate model of resolving cases of misconduct involving the social factor. Magistrate courts penalised transgressions of order, yet were also used for the repression of political opponents of Communist authorities. The practice of adjudicating prison sentences and high pecuniary penalties exchanged for detention was characteristic of the operation of the magistrate courts in the capacity of an instrument for combating political opposition until the end of the People’s Republic of Poland.

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