C 2023

Politics of judicial governance

KOSAŘ, David and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Politics of judicial governance

Authors

KOSAŘ, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1st. Cheltenham, Research Handbook on the Politics of Constitutional Law, p. 262-285, 24 pp. Research Handbooks in Law and Politics series, 2023

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Chapter(s) of a specialized book

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/23:00132198

Organization

Právnická fakulta – Repository – Repository

ISBN

978-1-83910-163-2

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85181180926

Keywords (in Czech)

správa soudů; soudcovská nezávislost; výběr a jmenování soudců; soudní rada; neformální soudní instituce

Keywords in English

Judicial governance; Judicial self-governance; Selection and appointment of judges; Judicial councils; Judicialisation; Politicisation of judiciary; Informal judicial institutions

Links

101002660, interní kód Repo.
Changed: 27/4/2024 04:19, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

V originále

This chapter conceptualises judicial governance, addresses its main challenges and identifies the new trends in this field. Building on both legal and political science scholarship, it posits three core arguments. First, it argues that it is necessary to look beyond the executive and judicial councils and study also other actors within judicial governance such as chief justices, lower court presidents, judicial associations and judicial academies. Second, it shows that the problem of politicisation does not cease to exist with a creation of judicial councils or judicial appointment commissions. Many informal networks and practices survive formal institutional changes, and, new channels of politicisation, including pressures within judicial self-governance bodies, may emerge. The international pressure to standardise and judicialise judicial governance has so far failed to understand this complexity. Third, the chapter argues that informality and gender norms are crucial for understanding the politics of judicial governance.

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