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: 265
2021
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The Family Friendliness That Wasn’t: Access, but Not Progress, for Women in the Czech Judiciary
Law & Social Inquiry, year: 2021, volume: 47, edition: 4, DOI
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The Hungarian Constitutional Court and the Central European University Case: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied Decision of the Hungarian Constitutional Court of 6 July 2021 and the Judgment of the ECJ of 6 October 2020, Case C-66/18
European constitutional law review, year: 2021, volume: 17, edition: 4, DOI
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The Martens Clause, Global Pandemics, and the Law of Armed Conflict
Harvard International Law Journal, year: 2021, volume: 62, edition: 2, DOI
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Through selective activism towards greater resilience: the Czech Constitutional Court's interventions into high politics in the age of populism
International Journal of Human Rights, year: 2021, volume: 26, edition: 7, DOI
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Velké senáty – neviditelní tvůrci práva
Jurisprudence, year: 2021, volume: 2021, edition: 5
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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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Housing Evictions, Human Rights, And The International Convention On Racial Discrimination
Health and Human Rights Journal, year: 2020, volume: Neuveden, edition: November
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How to Fight Court-Packing
Constitutional Studies, year: 2020, volume: 6, edition: 1