TY - BOOK AU - Pető,Andrea AU - Barna,Ildikó TI - Political Justice in Budapest after World War II SN - 9789633860533 AV - KKF1593.C65 -- .B376 2015eb PY - 2015/// CY - Budapest PB - Central European University Press KW - Hungary.-Népbíróság KW - Justice, Administration of-Hungary-History KW - Trials (Political crimes and offenses)-Hungary-History KW - Jews-Legal status, laws, etc.-Hungary KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Political Justice in Europe: The State of Research -- Legal Background to the People's Tribunals and Their Operation in Hungary -- The System of People's Tribunals and the Actors in the Process -- The Crimes and the Range of Punishments -- Controversies Surrounding the Law on People's Tribunals -- Research Methodology -- Method of Approach -- Preparation Phase -- Pilot research -- Expert roundtable -- Training of the Encoders -- The Final Questionnaire -- Research Phase -- Sampling procedure -- From filling in the questionnaires to the data files -- Preparing the data files for analysis -- Several Notes on the Methodology and the Findings -- Analysis of the People's Tribunal Cases -- Types of Cases -- Distribution of the types of cases over time -- Characteristics of the Case Files -- Analysis of the Various Actors in the People's Tribunals -- Defendants -- Gender Ratios -- Age distribution -- Place of birth -- Level of education -- Social status -- Membership in the Arrow Cross -- Witnesses -- Gender ratios -- Age distribution -- Place of birth -- Social status -- Summary of the Demographics of Defendants and Witnesses in the Various Types of Cases -- Lawyers -- Characteristics of the People's Tribunal Cases -- The length of trials and the number of hearings -- The role of witnesses at the people's tribunals -- Judgments -- Effect of the composition of witnesses on judgments -- A Gendered Analysis of Political Justice in Hungary in the Aftermath of World War II -- Women in Political Justice: Stereotypes and Reality about Women Perpetrators -- Witnesses -- Court Judgments -- Women People's Judges -- Summary: Gender in Political Justice -- Jewish Identity and the People's Tribunals -- Characteristics of the People's Tribunal Cases; Defendants and Their Characteristics -- Witnesses and Their Characteristics -- Court Judgments -- Jewish Identity and the Practice of Political Justice -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4443151 ER -