Perils of Judicial Self-Government in Transitional Societies: The Least Accountable Branch (Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 4/14/2016
EAN 9781107112124, ISBN10: 1107112125
Hardcover, 488 pages, 23.5 x 15.9 x 3.2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Judicial councils and other judicial self-government bodies have become a worldwide phenomenon. Democracies are increasingly turning to them to insulate the judiciary from the daily politics, enhance independence and ensure judicial accountability. This book investigates the different forms of accountability and the taxonomy of mechanisms of control to determine a best practice methodology. The author expertly provides a meticulous analysis, using over 800 case studies from the Czech and Slovak disciplinary courts from 1993 to 2010 and creates a systematic framework that can be applied to future cases.
Introduction
Part I. Judicial Accountability
Theoretical Framework
1. The concept of judicial accountability
2. Mechanisms of judicial accountability
3. Judicial accountability and judicial councils
Part II. Holding Czech and Slovak Judges Accountable
4. Prologue to the case studies
methodology and data reporting
5. The Czech Republic
6. Slovakia
7. Evaluation
the Czech Republic and Slovakia compared
Part III. Conclusions and Implications
8. Judicial accountability and judicial councils
critical appraisal
Annexes.