1. LawRules #2: We need to talk about Judicial Nominations
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Filippo Donati, Joanna Hetnarowicz-Sikora, Christiane Schmaltz, and Maximilian Steinbeis
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judicial independence, Law Rules, Richterwahlen ,Law - Abstract
It’s easy to agree that judicial independence is important – but who gets to be a part of the judiciary, who gets promoted to which court and who enters the highest ranks is a decision that has to be taken by someone, and a lot depends on who that someone is. Controlling judicial nominations is one of the key elements in all authoritarian takeover strategies which have been implemented in recent years in Poland, in Hungary and elsewhere. This is what we will discuss with the president of the European Network of Councils of the Judiciary, a member of the board of the Polish independent judges’ association IUSTITIA, and a German judge at the Bundesgerichtshof.