Selected justice and state security archives housed at the Polish archives Cover Image

Vybrané justiční a státobezpečnostní fondy uložené v polských archivech
Selected justice and state security archives housed at the Polish archives

Author(s): Adam Zítek
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Archiving, Recent History (1900 till today), Sociology of Law
Published by: Národní archiv
Keywords: Poland; archives; justice and state security arcihes;

Summary/Abstract: Archives of justice administration represent an important and frequently used part of archival documents stored in the 4th department of the National Archives in Prague. In the so-called founding period of the Communist regime, this applies especially for the archives of the State Court in Prague, the State Prosecutor’s Office in Prague, the General Prosecutor’s Office in Prague, the Ministry of Justice of Czechoslovak Republic and the Administration of the Penitentiary Force. The paper clarifies the basic characteristics of these archives and compares it to the similar archives in Poland in context of the functioning of the originator and the adopted archival practise both in the Czech Republic and in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 26/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 233-243
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech