Obsada stanowisk sędziowskich w sądach powszechnych w Polsce po II wojnie światowej
The staffing of judges’ posts in common courts in Poland after World War II

Summary/Abstract: The main problem in rebuilding the judiciary after the Second World War was the staffing of judges’ posts. The new so-called „communist” authorities, subordinated to the directives coming from Moscow, did not have their own, sufficient legal staff. Thus, the pre-war judges, who mostly did not follow the Marxist-Leninist ideology, returned to work in the courts. They were subjected to the process of verification. A common phenomenon in the years 1944–1947 was the violation by the authorities of procedural regulations concerning the staffing of judges’ posts. With time the new authorities became stronger. After the elections in 1947, a plan was drawn up to replace the so-called „old” judicial staff. The authorities aimed at imbuing the courts with „new types of judges”, not necessarily with a thorough legal education, but with ideological and political training.

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