The The red (un)rule of law. The issue of human rights violations in the military justice system of 'People's' Poland. The case of military district courts (1946-1955)

• Authors: Patryk Pleskot

Abstracts

EN

The network of Military District Courts, which encircled 'People's' Poland in the first post-war decade, was a fundamental tool for installing communist power and building a new 'worker-peasant' system for the party and state decision-makers. Courts served primarily to crack down on political opposition and (declining) armed resistance. Despite their theoretically military nature, the WSRs sentenced mainly civilians, and the reasons for sentences lay in political and ideological calculation rather than in real, objective crimes. In this sense, the WSR should be regarded as a clear manifestation and symbol of the lawlessness of the 'people's' justice system, infringing fundamental human rights.

Keywords

EN

Military District Courts; lawlessness; human rights; political judgements; People’s Poland

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: Polityka i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 96-109

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Patryk Pleskot

• Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej

Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/polispol.2021.3.7

Biblioteka Nauki

2050175