Rule of Law and the Judiciary

Sächs. StaatsMin´in Katja Meier; Prof. Dr. Astrid Lorenz; Prof. Dr. Mattias Wendel, Maitre en droit Maitre en droit

doi:10.5771/9783748940999

Summary

The European Union is in a crisis of the rule of law which is the subject of manifold conflicts between the EU and some of its Member States. While many analyses of the crisis take a legal view, this volume expands the focus and multiplies the perspectives, bringing together views from different disciplines, countries and from outside academia with an empirical focus on Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic within the EU. The analyses provide readers with a lot of valuable expertise about the rule of law and judicial independence in the countries under study. With contributions byDr. Lisa H. Anders | Dr. Adam Bodnar | Dr. Joachim Herrmann | Bettina Limperg | Prof. Dr. Astrid Lorenz | Katja Meier | Jan Němec, Ph.D. | Prof. Dr. Wojciech Piątek | Didier Reynders | Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Klaus Rennert | Prof. Dr. Werner Reutter | Prof. Dr. Anne Sanders | Prof. Dr. Dr. Ivo Šlosarčík, LL.M. | Prof. Dr. Mattias Wendel

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-0587-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-4099-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 209
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 14 Download chapter (PDF)
Astrid Lorenz, Mattias Wendel Download chapter (PDF)
1. 1 Introduction
2. 2 Aims and rationale of the volume
3. 3 Structure of the book and chapter findings
4. 4 General findings of the contributions
5. 5 Conclusion
1. Astrid Lorenz, Lisa H. Anders Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Why rule of law conceptions and perceptions are important
  3. 3 The common core of and differences between rule of law conceptions
  4. 4 Rule of law perceptions: Concept and methodological approach
  5. 5 Rule of law perceptions of judges and politicians in Poland and the Czech Republic
  6. 6 Conclusion and outlook
2. Ivo Šlosarčík Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. 1 Introduction
    2. 1. 2.1 Continuity and discontinuity of the judiciary within democratic transformation
      2. 2.2 The efficiency of the courts as a neglected element of economic transformation
      3. 2.3 Judicial reform as part of the accession conditionality of the European Union
    3. 1. 3.1 Efficient application of EU law
      2. 3.2 Communication with the CJEU and the courts of other EU countries
      3. 3.3 Structural requirements for the courts of EU countries
    4. 1. 4.1 Actions for breaches of EU law before the CJEU
      2. 4.2 Article 7 TEU procedure
      3. 4.3 Termination of mutual recognition of judicial decisions
      4. 4.4 Conditionality of financial transfers in the EU
    5. 5 Emerging new EU regulatory domain or only a Polish/Hungarian controversy?
1. Jan Němec Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 1. 2.1 Government, the minister of justice, and their counterparts
    2. 2.2 President of the Republic
    3. 2.3 The Senate
  3. 3 Public trust in the judiciary as a protective shield?
  4. 4 Judicial independence in views of Czech judges and politicians
  5. 5 Concluding remarks
2. Werner Reutter Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Recruitment of justices to state constitutional courts: selection trumps election
  3. 3 Parliamentary elections of justices to state constitutional courts: consensus cemocracy trumps majoritarian cemocracy
  4. 4 Term length, re-election, end of office, and dismissal: independence trumps everything
  5. 5 Demographic makeup of state constitutional courts
  6. 6 State constitutional adjudication and justices: tentative conclusions
3. Mattias Wendel Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. 1 Introduction
    2. 1. 2.1 Starting point: The limited scope of application of EU law
      2. 2.2 Portuguese judges as saviours of the Polish judiciary
      3. 2.3 The independence of national courts as a condition for the success of the European community of law
      4. 2.4.1 Mutual linking with the fundamental right under Article 47(2) CFR
        2.4.2 Operationalization of the values from Art. 2 TEU
        2.4.3 Effects on the vertical distribution of competences?
    3. 1. 3.1 The Article 7 procedure and the EU framework for strengthening the rule of law
      2. 3.2.1 Infringement proceedings, including proceedings for interim measures
        3.2.2 Preliminary reference procedure
      3. 3.3 Conditionality mechanism (Regulation 2020/2092)
      4. 3.4 Institutional impact
    4. 4 Conclusion and outlook
4. Anne Sanders Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. 1 Introduction
    2. 2 Challenges, limitations and cooperation
    3. 1. 3.1 Violation of judicial independence from the perspective of parties
      2. 3.2 Individual rights of judges
      3. 3.3 A systemic approach in the case law
    4. 1. 4.1 The Venice Commission
      2. 4.2 Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)
      3. 4.3.1 Prevalence in Europe
        4.3.2 The Council of Europe and judicial councils
        4.3.3 A more nuanced approach
    5. 5 Concluding remarks
1. Adam Bodnar Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Judicial independence, the rule of law and the reaction of the European Union
  3. 3 Civil society in defence of the rule of law
  4. 4 Overcoming obstacles by civil society – fight for the rule of law when the space for operation is shrinking
  5. 5 Civil society changing its character as a result of the rule of law crisis
  6. 6 Lessons for the rule of law in other EU Member States
2. Klaus Rennert Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 Personnel issues are power issues
  2. 2 Personnel decisions must be subject to democratic legitimation
  3. 3 When assuming office, judges are dependent
  4. 4 Complex legal systems require professionally excellent judges
  5. 5 The judges’ representative bodies ensure professional excellence
  6. 6 Proper selection of judges requires ethics of responsibility
3. Bettina Limperg, Joachim Herrmann, Wojciech Piątek, Ivo Šlosarčík Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. Challenges of the rule of law
    2. Controversy over instruments and options for action
    3. Is there a European culture of the rule of law?
    4. The future of the rule of law
    5. Concluding remarks
ContributorsPages 207 - 209 Download chapter (PDF)