Overview
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
First insight into perceptions of European judges, using survey data from 2019
Takes into account how different groups view judges: lawyers; lay judges; businesses; the public
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Open Access
- judicial independence
- European judiciary
- lay judges
- public trust in the judiciary
- respect for judicial independence
- democracy and the judiciary
- perceptions
- trust
- impartiality
- multilevel governance
- judges
- lawyers
- citizens
- civil servants
- court users
- politicians
- lay judges
- survey
- independence
About this book
This open access book is about the perception of the independence of the judiciary in Europe. Do citizens and judges see its independence in the same way? Do judges feel that their independence is respected by the users of the courts, by the leadership of the courts and by politicians? Does the population trust the judiciary more than other public institutions, or less? How does independence of the judiciary work at the national level and at the level of the European Union? These interrelated questions are particularly relevant in times when the independence of the judiciary is under political pressure in several countries in the European Union, giving way to illiberal democracy. Revealing surveys among judges, lay judges and lawyers - in addition to regular surveys of the European Commission - provide a wealth of information to answer these questions. While the answers will not please everyone, they are of interest to a wide audience, in particular court leaders, judges, lawyers, politicians and civil servants.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perceptions of the Independence of Judges in Europe
Book Subtitle: Congruence of Society and Judiciary
Authors: Frans van Dijk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63143-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63142-0Published: 15 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63143-7Published: 14 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 113
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Science, Legislative and Executive Politics, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History