Detailed Information on Publication Record
2023
(No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia
ŠIPULOVÁ, Katarína and Samuel SPÁČBasic information
Original name
(No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia
Authors
ŠIPULOVÁ, Katarína (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Samuel SPÁČ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)
Edition
German Law Journal, Lexington, Washington & Lee University School of Law, 2023, 2071-8322
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
50501 Law
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 1.300 in 2022
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14220/23:00133879
Organization unit
Faculty of Law
UT WoS
001193351300005
Keywords in English
Professional role conception ; judicial independence ; corruption ; internalization ; informal institutions ; informal practices
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 27/6/2024 11:09, Mgr. Michal Petr
Abstract
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.
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