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  • Perils of Judicial Self-Government in Transitional Societies: The Least Accountable Branch

    Perils of Judicial Self-Government in Transitional Societies by Kosa&&&345; , David;

    The Least Accountable Branch

    Series: Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 1 April 2016

    • ISBN 9781107112124
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages488 pages
    • Size 229x152x27 mm
    • Weight 820 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 6 b/w illus. 32 tables
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    Short description:

    This book investigates the mechanisms of judicial control to determine an efficient methodology for independence and accountability.

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    Long description:

    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.

    'Kosar&&&780; ... relies on more than 800 case studies from the Czech and Slovak disciplinary courts from 1993 to 2010 to analyze differing forms of accountability of the least accountable branch of government: the judiciary. The volume's first part lays the theoretical framework that informs the empirical analysis presented in chapters 4 to 7. It defines judicial accountability, describes its mechanisms, and overviews the role of judicial councils in insulating the judiciary from politics, enhancing its independence, and thus ensuring judicial accountability. Chapter 4 comments on the methodology of the empirical research, explaining case selection and case analysis, whereas chapters 5 to 7 compare cases from the Czech and Slovak Republics. The final chapter serves as a conclusion, arguing that the judicial council increases judicial autonomy without necessarily improving the independence of individual judges. Recommended.' L. Stan, Choice

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    Table of Contents:

    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.

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