The Illusion of Merit-Based Judicial Selection in Post-Communist Judiciary: Evidence from Slovakia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14220%2F20%3A00121418" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14220/20:00121418 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10758216.2020.1806080?needAccess=true" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10758216.2020.1806080?needAccess=true</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2020.1806080" target="_blank" >10.1080/10758216.2020.1806080</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Illusion of Merit-Based Judicial Selection in Post-Communist Judiciary: Evidence from Slovakia
Original language description
Judges all around the world, including in post-communist Europe, have become increasingly involved in the administration of judiciaries. Judicial self-governance is believed to secure greater judicial independence and merit-based decision-making regarding judicial careers. This article analyzes 126 examples of selection procedures at Slovak district courts that were held between 2012 and 2015 and finds that judge-dominated selection committees prefer candidates who can be expected to replicate the existing system. Candidates’ social and judicial cultural capital, either knowing someone in the selection committee or having a family member working as a judge, serve as vehicles for such preferences.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Problems of Post-Communism
ISSN
1075-8216
e-ISSN
1557-783X
Volume of the periodical
Neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Neuvedeno
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1-11
UT code for WoS article
000566640000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85090193028