The Military Judiciary in Post-War Years
The Military Judiciary in Post-War Years

Summary/Abstract: The organizationof military judiciary was subject of frequent changes in the period just after WWII. By-law on military courts and organization and competence of military courts of 1944 reinstated a new and uniform organization of military judiciary in the whole country. The by-law was replaced by the Law on organization and competence of military courts in Yugoslav army of August 24, 1945 that set up a system of military courts after the fashion of military judiciary in the USSR. New legal act on military courts was the Law on military courts, enacted towards the end of 1947. The Law on military courts introduced military courts system with two levels, consisting of first instance courts and the Supreme military court. Acts on military courts enacted just after WWII military courts gave them quite a wide competence regarding criminal law, primarily due to high degree of society militarization after WWII.

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