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Consequently
,
interpretation
and
application
of
national
or
international
legal
norms
according
to
socialist
or
other
non
-
democratic
methodology
(
with
intolerable
results
for
a
democratic
system
)
should
from
the
standpoint
of
a
democratic
system
be
regarded
as
wrong
.
That
applies
both
to
ex
post
facto
assessment
of
the
legal
practice
of
previous
non
-
democratic
regimes
(
as
in
the
instant
case
,
although
the
same
situation
may
obviously
arise
in
other
new
democracies
)
and
to
assessment
of
the
actual
legal
practice
(
for
example
,
regarding
the
Covenant
)
of
today
’s
non
-
democratic
regimes
.
That
practice
should
be
regarded
as
a
misuse
of
law
.
After
the
change
to
a
democratic
political
order
the
persons
responsible
can
not
rely
for
justification
of
their
conduct
on
the
“
specific
”
way
in
which
law
is
interpreted
by
non
-
democratic
regimes
.
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