The organisation of the new government in the immediate aftermath of the war in Croatia encompassed and largely relied on the formation and development of judicial institutions and the accompanying ...legal regulations. This paper analyses the circumstances and conditions in which the judicial system was established and the tasks set before the post-war judiciary. It was essential to review how the regulations were standardised and how regular (circuit and district) courts and short-lived ‘special’ courts, whose consequences were far-reaching, operated. It is important to highlight the significance of public prosecutors in Croatia. Through analysing archival sources and the available literature, an attempt was made to determine the extent that the legal vacuum that appeared after the severance of all ties with the pre-war laws made it easier to implement the new system, which sought to secure not only its own legality, but also the legitimacy of its authority.
Sudovi za zaštitu nacionalne časti Hrvata i Srba u Hrvatskoj, kao specijalni sudovi organizirani u neposrednom poraću Drugoga svjetskoga rata, bili su zaduženi za političku, propagandnu, kulturnu, ...umjetničku, privrednu i administrativnu suradnju s neprijateljem i njegovim pomagačima. Velik dio optužnica koje su se našle pred ovim sudom imale su prvenstveno politički značaj za novu vlast u Jugoslaviji. S obzirom na to da je arhivska građa o ovoj temi podosta necjelovita, značajan izvor predstavljaju nam onodobni natpisi iz dnevnog tiska. Oni ne samo da popunjavaju praznine arhivskih izvora već i zorno svjedoče o važnosti propagande kada se govori o radu ovih sudova. Kroz tisak, s
„pitanjem časti“ upoznata je javnost.
This paper presents a review of recent research results and the published literature related to the topic of Bleiburg and Death Marches. The main accent is set on the data and knowledge about the ...(still) controversial events from the end of the Second World War and its aftermath in comparison with some currently (not) accepted knowledge.
Organizacija i razvoj pravosudnih tijela i odgovarajućega pravnog okvira
u Hrvatskoj nakon Drugoga svjetskog rata bila je nezaobilazna sastavnica ustrojavanja ukupne nove vlasti na ovim prostorima. ...Rad analizira okolnosti i uvjete u kojima se uspostavljaju sudski sustav (okružni i kotarski sudovi te „specijalni sudovi”) i tužiteljstvo u Hrvatskoj te zadaci koji su stavljani pred poslijeratno sudstvo. Naglasak je stavljen i na pitanje zakonskoga kontinuiteta, koji je osim za osiguranje legaliteta iskorišten i u svrhu izgradnje i stabilizacije nove vlasti.
The organisation of the new government in the immediate aftermath of the
war in Croatia encompassed and largely relied on the formation and development of judicial institutions and the accompanying legal regulations. This paper analyses the circumstances and conditions in which the judicial system was established and the tasks set before the post-war judiciary. It was essential to review how the regulations were standardised and how regular (circuit and district) courts and short-lived ‘special’ courts, whose consequences were far-reaching, operated. It is important to highlight the significance of public prosecutors in Croatia. Through analysing archival sources and the available literature, an attempt was made to determine the extent that the legal vacuum that appeared after the severance of all ties with the pre-war laws made it easier to implement the new system, which sought to
secure not only its own legality, but also the legitimacy of its authority.
This paper presents a review of recent research results and the published literature
related to the topic of Bleiburg and Death Marches. The main accent is set on the data and knowledge about the ...(still) controversial events from the end of the Second World War and its aftermath in comparison with some currently (not) accepted knowledge.
Crimes committed during the Second World War initiated the question of their processing through criminal law courts at the end of the war. On this basis of this a United Nations Commission for war ...crimes was established as well as State Commission (with Homeland Commissions subordinate to it) for determining the war crimes of the occupying powers and their collaborators on the territory of Yugoslavia. Hungary was among the defeated powers, so this article analyzes the fate of members of the Hungarian national minority in Yugoslavia, with an emphasis on the area around Bjelovar, who according to the decisions of the Commission were declared to be war criminals or enemies of the people. Generally, their acceptance of all political and military authorities, motivated by the desire to protect their property, largely determined attitude during the war. The relatively mild pressure is evident from numerous indicators which were used by the State Commission, while the same principle is carried over to the area of Bjelovar, where the actions of the Hungarian national minority are shown to be quite positive, not ascribing to it collective responsibility or condemning it for a rather passive stance during the national liberation struggle. Nevertheless, a significant number of decisions put together by the State Commission were not accepted on the part of the United Nations Commission, which clearly indicates a strong pressure on the part of
the new Yugoslav government, but points to the fact that in the immediate postwar period there was a desire to overcome wartime memories. The purpose of the work of the Commission was to “bring” justice, but instead it succeeded in ensuring national sense of justice which after the numerous deaths and wanton destruction of the Second World War seemed like an assurance for new and brighter future.
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