(No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in
Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia

J 2023

(No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia

ŠIPULOVÁ, Katarína a Samuel SPÁČ

Základní údaje

Originální název

(No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia

Autoři

ŠIPULOVÁ, Katarína (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí) a Samuel SPÁČ (703 Slovensko, domácí)

Vydání

German Law Journal, Lexington, Washington & Lee University School of Law, 2023, 2071-8322

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50501 Law

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Open access článku

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.300 v roce 2022

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14220/23:00133879

Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.88

UT WoS

001193351300005

Klíčová slova anglicky

Professional role conception ; judicial independence ; corruption ; internalization ; informal institutions ; informal practices

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 27. 6. 2024 11:09, Mgr. Michal Petr

Anotace

V originále

This article uses the case study of Slovakia and its lackluster experience with a judge-dominated judicial council to demonstrate that formal institutions have only limited impact on the ideational level. We show that the transformation of the Slovak post-communist judiciary relied on the presumption that judges‘ interests are automatically complementary to principles of the rule of law. Therefore, the majority of implemented reforms insulated the judiciary from the political branches of power, but allowed strong hierarchical relationships inside the courts to exist. In contrast to international expectations, judicial authorities used judicial empowerment to create or strengthen competing informal practices, which helped them to maximize their power. We argue that the lack of internalization of judicial independence might explain why institutional self-governance reforms failed to trigger changes in the professional role conception of judges in regimes riddled with deeply embedded informal institutions. In order to tackle this problem, we propose that future research on the relationship between institutional safeguards and decisional judicial independence should focus on the process through which actors internalize new institutional incentives.

Návaznosti

101002660, interní kód MU

Název: Informal Judicial Institutions: Invisible Determinants of Democratic Decay (Akronym: INFINITY)

Investor: Evropská unie, Informal Judicial Institutions: Invisible Determinants of Democratic Decay, ERC (Excellent Science)

Přiložené soubory

SIPULOVA_SPAC_No_Ghost_in_the_Shell_The_Role_of_Values_Internalization_in_Judicial_Empowerment_in_Slovakia__2023_.pdf

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Citovat

ŠIPULOVÁ, Katarína a Samuel SPÁČ. (No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia. German Law Journal. Lexington: Washington & Lee University School of Law, 2023, roč. 24, č. 8, s. 1412-1431. ISSN 2071-8322. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.88.

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ŠIPULOVÁ, Katarína a Samuel SPÁČ. (No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia. \textit{German Law Journal}. Lexington: Washington \&{} Lee University School of Law, 2023, roč.~24, č.~8, s.~1412-1431. ISSN~2071-8322. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.88.

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