LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial Nominations
<p>It’s easy to agree that judicial independence is important – but who gets to be a part of the judiciary, who gets promoted to which court and who enters the highest ranks is a decision that has to be taken by someone, and a lot depends on who that someone is. Controlling judicial...
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author | Filippo Donati Joanna Hetnarowicz-Sikora Christiane Schmaltz Maximilian Steinbeis |
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description | <p>It’s easy to agree that judicial independence is important – but who gets to be a part of the judiciary, who gets promoted to which court and who enters the highest ranks is a decision that has to be taken by someone, and a lot depends on who that someone is. Controlling judicial nominations is one of the key elements in all authoritarian takeover strategies which have been implemented in recent years in Poland, in Hungary and elsewhere. This is what we will discuss with the president of the European Network of Councils of the Judiciary, a member of the board of the Polish independent judges’ association IUSTITIA, and a German judge at the Bundesgerichtshof.</p>
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spelling | doaj.art-8d82b61faf7946dcb6a129cb2ee36a722022-12-22T02:31:47ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial NominationsFilippo DonatiJoanna Hetnarowicz-SikoraChristiane SchmaltzMaximilian Steinbeis<p>It’s easy to agree that judicial independence is important – but who gets to be a part of the judiciary, who gets promoted to which court and who enters the highest ranks is a decision that has to be taken by someone, and a lot depends on who that someone is. Controlling judicial nominations is one of the key elements in all authoritarian takeover strategies which have been implemented in recent years in Poland, in Hungary and elsewhere. This is what we will discuss with the president of the European Network of Councils of the Judiciary, a member of the board of the Polish independent judges’ association IUSTITIA, and a German judge at the Bundesgerichtshof.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/lawrules-2-we-need-to-talk-about-judicial-nominations/judicial independence, Law Rules, Richterwahlen |
spellingShingle | Filippo Donati Joanna Hetnarowicz-Sikora Christiane Schmaltz Maximilian Steinbeis LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial Nominations Verfassungsblog judicial independence, Law Rules, Richterwahlen |
title | LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial Nominations |
title_full | LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial Nominations |
title_fullStr | LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial Nominations |
title_full_unstemmed | LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial Nominations |
title_short | LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial Nominations |
title_sort | lawrules 2 we need to talk about judicial nominations |
topic | judicial independence, Law Rules, Richterwahlen |
url | https://verfassungsblog.de/lawrules-2-we-need-to-talk-about-judicial-nominations/ |
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