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A ''Sondergericht'' (plural: ''Sondergerichte'') was a German "special court." After taking power in 1933, the Nazis quickly moved to remove internal opposition to the Nazi regime in Germany. The legal system became one of many tools for this aim and the Nazis gradually supplanted the normal justice system with political courts with wide ranging powers. The function of the special courts was to intimidate the German public, but as they expanded their scope and took over roles previously done by ordinary courts such as ''Amtsgerichte'' this function became diluted. ==Function in Germany== The Special Courts came into being in 1933 after the Reichstag Fire, following the Reichstag Fire Decree where the Nazis assumed unlimited powers. The scope of its power was successively augmented by the *"Decree to Protect the Government of the National Socialist Revolution from Treacherous Attacks" (21 March 1933), *the "Law of 20 December 1934 against insidious Attacks upon the State and Party and for the Protection of the Party Uniform", *the "Law for the Guarantee of Peace Based on Law" of 13 October 1933 *and a number of extensions when World War II commenced.〔Andrew Szanajda "The restoration of justice in postwar Hesse, 1945-1949" p.24〕 The number of Special Courts increased from 26 in 1933 to 74 in 1942. A special court had three judges, and the defense counsel was appointed by the court. Verdicts could be executed at once, there was no possibility of appeal. The court decided the extent of evidence to consider, and "the defense attorneys couldn't question the proof of the charges".〔Andrew Szanajda "The restoration of justice in postwar Hesse, 1945-1949" p.24,25〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sondergericht」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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