TY - JOUR
T1 - Retribution as legitimation
T2 - The uses of political justice in postwar Czechoslovakia
AU - Frommer, Benjamin
PY - 2004/12/1
Y1 - 2004/12/1
N2 - This article considers the postwar Czechoslovak regime's attempt to employ the courts to gain political legitimacy. In particular, it examines four retribution trials of prominent Czech collaborators and German Nazis and the role these cases played in the development of the contemporary power struggle. The article argues that the postwar regime's manipulation of the judicial system for political ends was fraught with contradictions and ultimately met with only limited success.
AB - This article considers the postwar Czechoslovak regime's attempt to employ the courts to gain political legitimacy. In particular, it examines four retribution trials of prominent Czech collaborators and German Nazis and the role these cases played in the development of the contemporary power struggle. The article argues that the postwar regime's manipulation of the judicial system for political ends was fraught with contradictions and ultimately met with only limited success.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0960777304001900
DO - 10.1017/S0960777304001900
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:60950200161
SN - 0960-7773
VL - 13
SP - 477
EP - 492
JO - Contemporary European History
JF - Contemporary European History
IS - 4
ER -