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The Judiciary in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945)

Publication date: 12.2024

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Early Access, Volume 17, Issue 3,

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.24.026.21010

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Jaromír Tauchen
Masaryk University, Brno
, Czech Republic
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9400-9484 Orcid
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The Judiciary in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945)

Abstract

This paper discusses the justice system in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (19391945), a double-track system with two types of courts: autonomous (Czech) and Reich (German). Their jurisdiction was mostly determined by nationality. The Czech line of the judiciary faced a number of interventions by the occupying power (consisting, for example, in successful personnel purges), yet functioned without significant changes until the end of the Second World War. A system of German courts was established in the Protectorate, which in some cases also had jurisdiction over the Czech population.

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Information: Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Early Access, Volume 17, Issue 3,

Article type: Original article

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9400-9484

Jaromír Tauchen
Masaryk University, Brno
, Czech Republic
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9400-9484 Orcid
All publications →

Masaryk University, Brno
Czech Republic

Published at: 12.2024

Article status: Open

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Article financing:

This publication was written at Masaryk university as part of the project “Changes in the Czech Judiciary in the Twentieth Century” MUNI/A/1215/2022, with the support of the Specific University Research Grant, as provided by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in 2023.

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Jaromír Tauchen (Author) - 100%

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English