The article deals with the status of courts and the implementation of judicial power on
the part of Carinthia. which was under the jurisdiction of Yugoslavia during the period
after the fall of Austro-Hungary up until the plebiscite. It is mainly based on the
materials from the fond of the District court of Maribor, under whose jurisdiction the
local courts of eastern Carinthia were, and on the collection "The Carinthian
Plebiscite" from the Regional Archives of Maribor.