The Least Accountable Branch

KOSAŘ, David. The Least Accountable Branch. International Journal of Constitutional Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, roč. 11, č. 1, s. 234-260. ISSN 1474-2640. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/mos056.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: The Least Accountable Branch
• Autoři: KOSAŘ, David (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí).
• Vydání: International Journal of Constitutional Law, New York, Oxford University Press, 2013, 1474-2640.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 50500 5.5 Law
• Stát vydavatele: Spojené státy
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• Impakt faktor: Impact factor: 0.568
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14220/13:00067499
• Organizační jednotka: Právnická fakulta
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/mos056
• UT WoS: 000320859900014
• Klíčová slova anglicky: judges; judicial accountability; judicial independence; rule of law; transitional justice; court presidents
• Štítky: rivok
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

This article analyzes the concept of judicial accountability. It builds on three recent books (“Independence, Accountability, and the Judiciary” edited by Guy Canivet, Mads Andenas and Duncan Fairgrieve; “Transitional Justice, Judicial Accountability and the Rule of Law” by Hakeem Yusuf; and “Judicial Accountabilities in New Europe: From Rule of Law to Quality of Justice” by Daniela Piana) that deal with judicial accountability and suggests avenues for further research. In section 1, I briefly summarize the content and key arguments of the three recent books on judicial accountability. Section 2 focuses on the relationship between judicial accountability and the concept of accountability. Section 3 deals with the three key questions of judicial accountability: accountability of whom, to whom, and for what. Section 4 is devoted to the role of cultural factors in holding judges to account. Section 5 looks at various approaches to reckoning with the past within the judiciary and how these approaches affect post-authoritarian and post-totalitarian societies that are in the process of transition to democracy. Section 6 briefly examines the widely disputed relationship between judicial accountability and judicial independence. Section 7 identifies avenues for further research and section 8 concludes.