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TWO HIGHLY POLITICIZED CZECH TRIALS, FAMOUS AT THE TIME BUT HARDLY REMEMBERED TODAY, WERE MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLE CASES OF PROVING THE GUILT OR INNOCENCE OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED. INSTEAD, THEY WERE TWO OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR EXAMPLES OF HOW THE COURTS WERE INCREASINGLY USED AS VENUES FOR POLITICAL ACTION IN THE LATE HABSBURG MONARCHY. DURING THIS ERA, THE COURTS PROVED TO BE ENTICING VENUES OF POLITICAL ACTION FOR POLITICIANS OF ALL PERSUASIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE PURSUING SPECIFICALLY NATIONALIST AGENDAS. THUS, BY THE END OF THE LAST DECADE BEFORE THE WAR, NATIONAL STRUGGLES BEFORE THE BAR OFTEN CLAIMED AT LEAST AS MUCH PUBLIC ATTENTION AS THOSE IN PARLIAMENT.