Castillo Ortiz, P. (2019) The politics of implementation of the judicial council model in Europe. European Political Science Review, 11 (4). pp. 503-520. ISSN 1755-7739
Abstract
Currently, at least three approaches to judicial governance coexist in the European continent: the judicial council model, the courts service model and the Ministry of Justice model. Although doctrinal and case-specific literature abounds on this topic, examples of cross-country studies explaining choices on these models of judicial governance are rather scarce. More particularly, we lack so far knowledge on how different factors interact in leading to the implementation of the judicial council model. This is striking, given the importance of judicial councils for the operation of the rule of law. Furthermore, explanations on the choices of models of judicial governance are essential to understanding the intricate issue of the political rationalities underlying macro-level design of judicial institutions. Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and focusing on European liberal democracies, this article contributes to literature in the field. It is shown that judicial councils are created when post-authoritarian countries implement new constitutions either in Romanistic law countries or in countries subject to Europeanizing pressures.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Cambridge University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in European Political Science Review. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Judicial Councils; Judicial Governance; Europeanization; QCA |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2019 12:05 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2021 11:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1755773919000298 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152975 |