Nudging Domestic Judicial Reforms from Strasbourg: How the European Court of Human Rights shapes domestic judicial design

KOSAŘ, David. Nudging Domestic Judicial Reforms from Strasbourg: How the European Court of Human Rights shapes domestic judicial design. Utrecht Law Review. Utrecht: Utrecht University School of Law, 2017, roč. 13, č. 1, s. 112-123. ISSN 1871-515X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.18352/ulr.368.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Nudging Domestic Judicial Reforms from Strasbourg: How the European Court of Human Rights shapes domestic judicial design
• Autoři: KOSAŘ, David (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí).
• Vydání: Utrecht Law Review, Utrecht, Utrecht University School of Law, 2017, 1871-515X.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 50501 Law
• Stát vydavatele: Nizozemské království
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: Open access časopisu
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14220/17:00096600
• Organizační jednotka: Právnická fakulta
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/ulr.368
• UT WoS: 000403238400002
• Klíčová slova česky: soudy; soudci; Evropský soud pro lidská práva; justiční politika; judicializace; dělba moci; soudcovská nezávislost; reforma justice
• Klíčová slova anglicky: courts; judges; European Court of Human Rights; judicial politics; judicialization; separation of powers; judicial independence; judicial reforms
• Štítky: rivok
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

This article discusses to what extent and how the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has initiated and engaged in domestic judicial reforms. It shows that the judgments of the Strasbourg Court, rather than having effects only with respect to the individual whose rights have been violated, have much deeper structural effects in the design and operation of domestic judicial systems. This article argues that this phenomenon goes rather unnoticed, but it has deep implications for both the developing and developed European democracies. To demonstrate this phenomenon, this article assesses the impact of the ECtHR on three judicial design issues. First, it illustrates how the ECtHR has challenged the role of the advocates general. Second, it explains how the ECtHR has gradually curbed the jurisdiction of military courts both over civilians and over military officers, which has brought these courts to the brink of their abolition. Finally, it outlines how the ECtHR in its judgments regarding the disciplining of judges empowers the judiciary at the expense of other political institutions within the State. Based on the analysis of these three judicial design issues, we conclude that the Strasbourg Court is affecting the internal architecture of domestic judiciaries as it gradually endorses the unification of court administration and changes the power structures within the judiciary.