Political Justice in Budapest after World War II

AvAndrea Peto,Ildikó Barna

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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In Hungary, which fell under Soviet influence at the end of World War II, those who had participated in the wartime atrocities were tried by so called people’s courts. This book analyses this process in an objective, quantitative way, contributing to the present timely discussion on the Hungarian war guilt. The authors apply a special focus on the gender aspect of the trials.Political justice had a specific nature in Hungary. War criminals began to be brought to trial while fighting was still underway in the western part of the country, well before the Nuremberg trials. Not only crimes committed during the war were tried in the same frame but also post-war ones. As far as the post-war period is concerned, legal proceedings regarding these crimes were most often launched on the basis of Act VII of 1946. This act of law concerned “the criminal law protection of the democratic constitutional order and the republic” and its basic aim was to facilitate the creation of a communist dictatorship and to deal with perceived or real enemies of the regime.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-04-10
Mått:159 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:326 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:136
Förlag:Central European University Press
ISBN:9789633860526

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

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Andrea Peto is Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Vienna Austria and a Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She is teaching courses on European comparative social and gender history, gender and politics, women’s movements, qualitative methods, oral history, and the Holocaust. Ildikó Barna is Associate Professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Innehållsförteckning

LIST OF FIGURESFOREWORDPOLITICAL JUSTICE IN EUROPE: THE STATE OF RESEARCHLEGAL BACKGROUND TO THE PEOPLE’S TRIBUNALS AND THEIR OPERATION IN HUNGARYThe System of People’s Tribunals and the Actors in the ProcessThe Crimes and the Range of PunishmentsControversies Surrounding the Law on People’s TribunalsRESEARCH METHODOLOGYMethod of ApproachPreparation PhaseTraining of the EncodersThe Final QuestionnaireResearch PhaseSeveral Notes on the Methodology and the FindingsANALYSIS OF THE PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL CASESTypes of CasesCharacteristics of the Case FilesAnalysis of the Various Actors in the People’s TribunalsSummary of the Demographics of Defendants and Witnesses in the Various Types of CasesCharacteristics of the People’s Tribunal CasesA GENDERED ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL JUSTICE IN HUNGARY IN THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR IIWomen in Political Justice: Stereotypes and Reality about Women PerpetratorsWitnessesCourt JudgmentsWomen People’s JudgesSummary: Gender in Political JusticeJEWISH IDENTITY AND THE PEOPLE’S TRIBUNALSCharacteristics of the People’s Tribunal CasesDefendants and Their CharacteristicsWitnesses and Their CharacteristicsCourt JudgmentsJewish Identity and the Practice of Political JusticeSUMMARYBIBLIOGRAPHY