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Political justice in Budapest after World War II / Ildikó Barna and Andrea Peto.
LIBRA KKF1593.C65 B3713 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barna, Ildikó, author.
- Pető, Andrea, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Politikai igazságszolgáltatás a II. világháború utáni Budapesten. English
- Language:
- English
- Hungarian
- Subjects (All):
- Hungary. Népbíróság.
- Hungary.
- Justice, Administration of--Hungary--History.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--Hungary--History.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses).
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc--Hungary.
- Jews.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Budapest ; New York, NY : Central European University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Political Justice in Europe: The State of Research 7
- Legal Background to the People's Tribunals and Their Operation in Hungary 13
- The System of People's Tribunals sand the Actors in the Process 17
- The Crimes and the Range of Punishments 21
- Controversies Surrounding the Law on People's Tribunals 23
- Research Methodology 27
- Method Of Approach 27
- Preparation Phase 29
- Pilot Research 29
- Expert Roundtable 30
- Training of the Encoders 32
- The Final Questionnaire 32
- Research Phase 33
- Sampling Procedure 34
- From Filling In The Questionnaires To The Data Files 34
- Preparing The Data Files For Analysis 37
- Several Motes on the Methodology And The Findings 41
- Analysis of the People's Tribunal Cases 45
- Types Of Cases 45
- Distribution of the types of cases over time 47
- Characteristics of the Case Files 49
- Analysis of the Various Actors in the People's Tribunals 50
- Defendants 50
- Gender Ratios 51
- Age distribution 52
- Place of birth 53
- Level of education 55
- Social status 56
- Membership in the Arrow Cross 58
- Witnesses 60
- Gender ratios 61
- Age distribution 62
- Place of birth 63
- Social status 64
- Summary of the Demographics of Defendants and Witnesses in the Various Types of Cases 65
- Lawyers 69
- Characteristics of the People's Tribunal Cases 71
- The length of trials and the number of hearings 71
- The role of witnesses at the people's tribunals 72
- Judgments 77
- Effect of the composition of witnesses on judgments 82
- A Gendered Analysis of Political Justice in Hungary in the Aftermath Of World War II 85
- Women in Political Justice: Stereotypes and Reality about Women Perpetrators 86
- Witnesses 90
- Court Judgments 92
- Women People's Judges 93
- Summary: Gender in Political Justice 96
- Jewish Identity and the People's Tribunals 97
- Characteristics of the People's Tribunal Cases 98
- Defendants and Their Characteristics 101
- Witnesses and Their Characteristics 102
- Court Judgments 104
- Jewish Identity and the Practice of Political Justice 104.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-119) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789633860526
- 9633860520
- OCLC:
- 891718567
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