TY  - BOOK
AU  - van Dijk, Frans
AB  - 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.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-63143-7
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20210113_9783030631437_19
KW  - Political Science
KW  - Legislative and Executive Politics
KW  - Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History
KW  - Executive Politics
KW  - Open Access
KW  - judicial independence
KW  - European judiciary
KW  - lay judges
KW  - public trust in the judiciary
KW  - respect for judicial independence
KW  - democracy and the judiciary
KW  - perceptions
KW  - trust
KW  - impartiality
KW  - multilevel governance
KW  - judges
KW  - lawyers
KW  - citizens
KW  - civil servants
KW  - court users
KW  - politicians
KW  - survey
KW  - independence
KW  - Political science & theory
KW  - Political structure & processes
KW  - Methods, theory & philosophy of law
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/eff7f157-8688-4fb7-a009-bbd563fae0f0/2021_Book_PerceptionsOfTheIndependenceOf.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46113
PB  - Springer Nature
PY  - 2021
TI  - Perceptions of the Independence of Judges in Europe : Congruence of Society and Judiciary
ER  - 
