Political justice in Budapest after World War II / Ildikó Barna and Andrea Pető.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barna, Ildikó, author.

Pető, Andrea, author.

Standardized Title:

Politikai igazságszolgáltatás a II. világháború utáni Budapesten. English

Language:

English

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary ; New York, New York : Central European University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Hungary, which fell under Soviet influence at the end of WWII, 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.

Contents:

Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Political Justice in Europe: The State of Research; Legal Background to the People's Tribunals and Their Operation in Hungary; The System of People's Tribunals and the Actors in the Process; The Crimes and the Range of Punishments; Controversies Surrounding the Law on People's Tribunals; Research Methodology; Method of Approach; Preparation Phase; Pilot research; Expert roundtable; Training of the Encoders; The Final Questionnaire; Research Phase; Sampling procedure; From filling in the questionnaires to the data files

Preparing the data files for analysisSeveral Notes on the Methodology and the Findings; Analysis of the People's Tribunal Cases; Types of Cases; Distribution of the types of cases over time; Characteristics of the Case Files; Analysis of the Various Actors in the People's Tribunals; Defendants; Gender Ratios; Age distribution; Place of birth; Level of education; Social status; Membership in the Arrow Cross; Witnesses; Gender ratios; Age distribution; Place of birth; Social status; Summary of the Demographics of Defendants and Witnesses in the Various Types of Cases; Lawyers

Characteristics of the People's Tribunal CasesThe length of trials and the number of hearings; The role of witnesses at the people's tribunals; Judgments; Effect of the composition of witnesses on judgments; A Gendered Analysis of Political Justice in Hungary in the Aftermath of World War II; Women in Political Justice: Stereotypes and Reality about Women Perpetrators; Witnesses; Court Judgments; Women People's Judges; Summary: Gender in Political Justice; Jewish Identity and the People's Tribunals; Characteristics of the People's Tribunal Cases; Defendants and Their Characteristics

Witnesses and Their CharacteristicsCourt Judgments; Jewish Identity and the Practice of Political Justice; Summary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72136-2

963-386-053-9

9781003721369

OCLC:

908127348