European Standards of Judicial Governance: From Soft Law Standards to Hard Law

KOSAŘ, David and Attila VINCZE. European Standards of Judicial Governance: From Soft Law Standards to Hard Law. Journal für Rechtspolitik. Wien: Verlag Österreich, 2023, vol. 30, No 4, p. 491-501. ISSN 0943-4011. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.33196/jrp202204049101.

Basic information

• Original name: European Standards of Judicial Governance: From Soft Law Standards to Hard Law
• Authors: KOSAŘ, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Attila VINCZE (348 Hungary, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal für Rechtspolitik, Wien, Verlag Österreich, 2023, 0943-4011.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50501 Law
• Country of publisher: Austria
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: Repozitář MU Web nakladatele
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14220/23:00130471
• Organization unit: Faculty of Law
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.33196/jrp202204049101
• Keywords (in Czech): demokratický backsliding; ESLP; účinný náprava; základní hodnoty Evropské unie Unie; správa soudnictví; nezávislost soudů; předběžný odkaz; přednost práva EU; zásada zásady zákazu regrese; výběr soudců
• Keywords in English: democratic backsliding; ECHR; effective remedy; fundamental values of the European Union; judicial governance; judicial independence; preliminary reference; primacy of EU law; principle of non-regression; selection of judges
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

This article aims to describe the effect of the ever-expanding case-law of ECtHR and the CJEU on domestic judicial design and its connection to judicial independence. The right to a fair trial and the right to effective remedy, which are fundamental parts of both legal order, has been interpreted in recent times as a yardstick to evaluate the national judicial system, which also leads to an empowerment of the judges and enforcement of soft law standards. These new instruments were established especially to protect judges in illiberal or transitional democracies but they seem to be more and more relevant for established democracies as well.

Links

• 101002660, interní kód MU: Name: Informal Judicial Institutions: Invisible Determinants of Democratic Decay (Acronym: INFINITY)

Investor: European Union, ERC (Excellent Science)