KOSAŘ, David. Selecting Strasbourg Judges: A Critique. In Michal Bobek. Selecting Europe's Judges A Critical Review of the Appointment Procedures to the European Courts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, p. 120-161. Courts and Procedures. ISBN 978-0-19-872778-1.
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Original name Selecting Strasbourg Judges: A Critique
Name in Czech Výběr štrasburských soudců: kritická reflexe
Authors KOSAŘ, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Oxford, Selecting Europe's Judges A Critical Review of the Appointment Procedures to the European Courts, p. 120-161, 42 pp. Courts and Procedures, 2015.
Publisher Oxford University Press
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50500 5.5 Law
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"
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14220/15:00082446
Organization unit Faculty of Law
ISBN 978-0-19-872778-1
Keywords in English Council of Europe; European Court of Human Rights; selection of judges; judicial independence; legitimacy
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This chapyer explains the breadth and depth of the problems concerning the selection of judges of the ECtHR. It first highlights the importance of electing stellar judges to the Strasbourg bench for maintaining the legitimacy of the ECtHR. Then it briefly summarizes the good practices and recent improvements in the selection process. The core section of the chapter focuses on problems regarding the use of certain substantive criteria. More specifically it addresses the role of gender, the issue of the minimum and maximum ages of Strasbourg judges, their language skills, their knowledge of national law and expertise in public international law. Subsequently, the chapter discusses recent examples of elections that raised eyebrows across Europe and shows the politics behind them and suggests how to attract top candidates to Strasbourg.
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