A nationwide conference entitled Summum ius, summa iniuria. The role of special judiciary in the process of the consolidation of communist power in Poland in the years 1944–1956 took place in Łódź. The event was opened by the IPN Deputy President Prof. Karol Polejowski.

The two-day conference addressed issues concerning the communists' lawlessness imposed under the cover of law. Scholars from the IPN and academics took part in the discussions. The conference was organized by the IPN Branch in Łódź.

At the opening of the sessions, Prof. Karol Polejowski pointed out how important it was for the communists to legalize the unjust system.

What we are talking about here, is a  system that was imported from the Soviet Union and based on the Soviet legal system. The emergence of the special judiciary was part of the enslavement of Poles after 1944. That system was supposed to justify persecution and crimes committed against those who had not accepted Soviet domination, said Prof. Polejowski.

The purpose of the conference was also to show the broad context of special judiciary shaped on the Soviet model in the years 1944–1956, as well as to indicate how important it was for the establishment and consolidation of communist power in Poland.

The Conference allowed the participants to review the state of research and to trigger a lively discussion among both historians and lawyers.