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Notatka pierwszego prokuratora Najwyższego Trybunału Narodowego Stefana Kurowskiego dotycząca sytuacji w Ministerstwie Sprawiedliwości (1944–1948)
Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, Nr 11 (2018), strony: 247–268
Data publikacji: 2023-04-05
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After the military operations finished, the pre-war organization of common courts was restored based on the Regulation of the President of the Polish Republic of 6 February 1928 – The Law regarding the System of Common Courts. The pre-war lawyers were accepted to serve in the judicial system. This legal status was maintained until 1950. In reality, however, from the beginning of the existence of People’s Poland, there were changes in the common judiciary. A new type of court defined as special was established, which included special criminal courts and common court departments adjudicating with participation of lay judges. A Special Committee to Fight against Fraud and Economic Malpractice was also created, as well as people’s courts. People devoted to the Communist Party were brought into those institutions. Lawyers who had been brought up and educated in pre-war Poland were considered by authorities ruling at that time as unadjusted to the new political reality and were removed from the common judicial system.
