Court presidents: power through informality

C 2025

Court presidents: power through informality

KOSAŘ, David a Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Court presidents: power through informality

Autoři

KOSAŘ, David a Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ

Vydání

Cheltenham, Research Handbook on Judging and the Judiciary, od s. 332-352, 21 s. Research Handbooks in Law and Society series, 2025

Nakladatel

Edward Elgar Publishing

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Obor

50501 Law

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Odkazy

Repozitář MU

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14220/25:00143353

Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

ISBN

978-1-78897-873-6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978743.00024

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-105024618159

Klíčová slova anglicky

Court presidents; Chief justices; Judicial independence; Judicial governance; Administration of courts; Judicial politics

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 12. 3. 2026 11:20, Mgr. Petra Georgala

Anotace

V originále

This chapter conceptualises the roles of court presidents and explains their complex interaction with other actors involved in judicial governance, such as politicians, individual judges, and other judicial self-governance bodies. It shows that court presidents can play a positive role (by effective governance of their courts, ensuring informational flows, providing an early warning system against political interference, and acting as bulwarks against democratic decay), but they may also use their powers to the detriment of judicial independence (by succumbing to corruption and clientelism, or exerting too much influence over decision-making). Our argument is two-fold. First, in order to understand the true role of court presidents in a given system, it is crucial to go beyond their formal powers, as court presidents are often embedded in various informal networks that make them more important actors than they seem on paper. Second, court presidents are strategic actors who respond to varied institutional conditions and political circumstances.

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)

Citovat

KOSAŘ, David a Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ. Court presidents: power through informality. In Research Handbook on Judging and the Judiciary. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, s. 332-352. Research Handbooks in Law and Society series. ISBN 978-1-78897-873-6. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978743.00024.

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KOSAŘ, David a Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ. Court presidents: power through informality. In \textit{Research Handbook on Judging and the Judiciary}. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, s.~332-352. Research Handbooks in Law and Society series. ISBN~978-1-78897-873-6. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978743.00024.

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