Judicial Studies Institute
Judicial Studies Institute - JUSTIN is a research center dedicated to the study of domestic courts, international tribunals and various bodies involved in court administration. JUSTIN opened in September 2016 with the help of the ERC Starting Grant (JUDI-ARCH, 2016-2021), which focused on the ever growing role of judicial councils and other forms of judicial self-government in a globalizing legal order.
Research Interest
Independence
Judicial independence and accountability
Trust
Public confidence in courts and judges
Transparency
Transparency and legitimacy of courts
ECtHR
Legislative responses to the Strasbourg case law
Analysis
Citation analysis, domestic compliance with decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and UN human rights bodies
JUSTIN strives to become the globally leading hub for research on judicial self-government and its impact on law, politics and society.
Co-directors of JUSTIN
Publications
Total number of publications: 207
2021
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Who Safeguards the Guardians? A Subjective Right of Judges to their Independence under Article 6(1) ECHR
European Constitutional law Review, year: 2021, volume: 17, edition: 3, DOI
2020
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Determinants of Judicial Decision-Making: State of the Art and the Czech Perspective
The Lawyer Quarterly, year: 2020, volume: 10, edition: 2
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Does the Context Matter for the Prevalence of Political Gender Stereotypes? An Experimental Study in Flanders (Belgium) and Slovakia
Representation - Journal of Representative Democracy, year: 2020, volume: 56, edition: 1, DOI
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How to Fight Court-Packing
Constitutional Studies, year: 2020, volume: 6, edition: 1
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Judicial recruitment in post-communist context: informal dynamics and façade reforms
International Journal of the Legal Profession, year: 2020, volume: Neuvedeno, edition: 2020, DOI
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Safe Zones and the Internal Protection Alternative
International and Comparative Law Quarterly, year: 2020, volume: 69, edition: 2, DOI
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Strangers ante portas : The framing of refugees and migrants in the Czech quality press
European Journal of Communication, year: 2020, volume: 35, edition: 6, DOI
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The COVID-19 emergency in the age of executive aggrandizement: what role for legislative and judicial checks?
The Theory and Practice of Legislation, year: 2020, volume: 8, edition: 1-2, DOI
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The Illusion of Merit-Based Judicial Selection in Post-Communist Judiciary: Evidence from Slovakia
Problems of Post-Communism, year: 2020, volume: Neuveden, edition: Neuvedeno, DOI
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The populist challenge to the European Court of Human Rights
International Journal of Constitutional Law, year: 2020, volume: 18, edition: 2, DOI