ISBN:
9783642282997
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 1378p. 6 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 233
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Judicial independence in transition
Keywords:
Law
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Law
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa
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Richter
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Unabhängigkeit
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Systemtransformation
Abstract:
Anja Seibert-Fohr
Abstract:
Strengthening the rule of law has become a key factor for the transition to democracy and the protection of human rights. Though its significance has materialized in international standard setting, the question of implementation is largely unexplored. This book describes judicial independence as a central aspect of the rule of law in different stages of transition to democracy. The collection of state-specific studies explores the legal situation of judiciaries in twenty states from North America, over Western, Central and South-Eastern Europe to post-Soviet states and engages in a comparative legal analysis. Through a detailed account of the current situation it takes stocks, considers advances in and shortcomings of judicial reform and offers advice for future strategies. The book shows that the implementation of judicial independence requires continuous efforts, not only in countries in transition but also in established democracies which are confronted with ever new challenges.
Description / Table of Contents:
Judicial Independence in Transition; Preface; Judicial Independence in Transition; Table of Contents; Introduction The Challenge of Transition; A. The Point of Departure: OSCE Commitments to Judicial Independence; B. Judicial Studies and Multidisciplinarity; C. Diversity and Contextualism; D. Independence and Accountability; E. Legitimizing Judicial Power; F. Democracy versus Judicial Autonomy; G. Judicial Independence versus Authoritarianism; H. Rhetoric or Normativity?; I. Judicial Independence in ComparativeAnalysis; Judicial Independence: Structure, Context, Attitude
Description / Table of Contents:
I. Packages of Judicial Independence: Complex and Interdependent Legal Structures1. The Power to Select: Methods; Criteria; Numbers; 2. Tenure; 3. Financial Dependence/Independence: Salaries and Pensions; 4. Legal Requirements for Independence or Impartiality; Recusal, Disqualifications and Bans on Extrajudicial Activities; 5. Decisional Authority and Jurisdiction; 6. Legislative Control of Procedural Rules and Jurisdiction; Ease of Constitutional Amendment or Lawful Departure from Constitut; 7. Particular Procedures: Case and Opinion Assignment; 8. Unanimity or Separate Opinions
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Institutional and Individual Independence9. Authority to Remove; Discipline Short of Removal; Periodic Evaluation for Retention or Promotion; 10. Immunity in Civil Damages?; 11. Other Working Conditions; Physical Security; 12. Administrative and Budgetary Autonomy; 13. Mandatory Judicial Education?; 14. Conclusion; II. Context and Structures of Independence: Is Judicial Independence Dependent on Judicial Accountability?; 1. Selecting Judges: Elections, Appointments, Expertise and Legitimacy
Description / Table of Contents:
2. Dissent - Competing Traditions of Justification, Divergent Conceptions of Law, Changing Historical ContextsIII. Concluding Remarks; Judicial Accountability and Conduct: An Overview; A. Introduction; B. Judicial Ethics and Enforceable Codes of Judicial Conduct; C. Monitoring of the Codes of Judicial Ethics and of Disciplinary Proceedings; D. The Proactive Function of the Codes of Ethics; E. Disciplinary Proceeding; I. Judicial Discipline, the Role of the Citizens, and the Monitoring of its Actual Functioning; II. Guarantees for the Judges in Disciplinary Proceedings; F. Concluding Remarks
Description / Table of Contents:
II. New Challenges in Established DemocraciesThe Persistent Politics of Judicial Selection: A Comparative Analysis; A. Introduction; B. The Model of a Bureaucratic Judiciary; C. The Model of a Professional Judiciary; D. The Politics of Judicial Selection - Some Preliminaries; E. The Politics of Selection in Bureaucratic Judiciaries; F. The Politics of Selection in Professional Judiciaries; G. Comparison of the Politics of Judicial Selection; H. The Phenomenon of Depoliticization; I. The Depoliticization of Judicial Selection in England; J. Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
Judicial Independence in England and Wales
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-28299-7
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