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@article{2386864,
author = {Šipulová, Katarína and Spáč, Samuel},
article_location = {Lexington},
article_number = {8},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.88},
keywords = {Professional role conception ; judicial independence ; corruption ; internalization ; informal institutions ; informal practices},
language = {eng},
issn = {2071-8322},
journal = {German Law Journal},
title = {(No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia},
url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/german-law-journal/article/no-ghost-in-the-shell-the-role-of-values-internalization-in-judicial-empowerment-in-slovakia/03EC62EF44F620FD337B1FC686741B4A},
volume = {24},
year = {2023}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 2386864
AU - Šipulová, Katarína - Spáč, Samuel
PY - 2023
TI - (No) Ghost in the Shell: The Role of Values Internalization in Judicial Empowerment in Slovakia
JF - German Law Journal
VL - 24
IS - 8
SP - 1412-1431
EP - 1412-1431
PB - Washington & Lee University School of Law
SN - 20718322
KW - Professional role conception
KW - judicial independence
KW - corruption
KW - internalization
KW - informal institutions
KW - informal practices
UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/german-law-journal/article/no-ghost-in-the-shell-the-role-of-values-internalization-in-judicial-empowerment-in-slovakia/03EC62EF44F620FD337B1FC686741B4A
N2 - 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.
ER -
ŠIPULOVÁ, Katarína and 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, vol.~24, No~8, p.~1412-1431. ISSN~2071-8322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.88.
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