Divergent responses to a common past: Transitional justice in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
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The only judge who was successfully prosecuted was a lay judge, Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, who had taken part in the show trial of Milada Horáková.
“In the end, the only judge who was successfully prosecuted was a lay judge, Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, who had taken part in the show trial of Milada Horáková, an opposition politician and former prisoner in Nazi concentration camps.72”
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- Authors
- Nedelsky, N.
- Affiliations
- Macalester College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nedelsky, Nadya
- ORCID
- Nedelsky, Nadya
- Venue
- Theory and Society
- Published
- 2004-02
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 65-115
- ISSN
- 0304-2421 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7853
- OpenAlex
- W2076261990
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 27
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- FWCI
- 2.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Theory and Society (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Eastern European Communism and Reforms
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › War, Law, and Justice
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Keywords
- transitional justice, communist regime, secret police, collaborators, regime legitimacy, internal exile, decommunization, Huntington, post-communist transition, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania
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