Central European judges under the European influence : the transformative power of the EU revisited /

"The onset of the 2004 EU enlargement witnessed a number of predictions being made about the approaches, capacity and ability of Central European judges who were soon to join the Union. Optimistic voices, foreshadowing the deep transformative power that Europe was bound to exercise with respect...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bobek, Michal, 1977- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2015.
Colección:EU law in the member states.
Temas:
Judicial process > Europe, Central.
Judgments > Europe, Central.
Constitutional courts > Europe, Central.
Processus judiciaire > Europe centrale.
Cours constitutionnelles > Europe centrale.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Constitutional courts
Judgments
Judicial process
Central Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Prologue: The Westernisation of the East and the Easternisation of the West
  • I. Paying Tribute to Eastern Enlargement
  • II. The Wessi Discovering the East
  • III. A Wessi?s View 25 Years Later
  • 1. Introduction: Revisiting the Transformative Power of Europe
  • I. The Topic
  • II. The Structure
  • III. The Caveats
  • IV. Acknowledgements
  • Part I: Judicial Reasoning
  • 2. Formalism in Judicial Reasoning: Is Central and Eastern Europe a Special Case?I. Introduction
  • II. Two Symptomatic Narratives on Formalism
  • III. Formalism as a Matter for Legal Scholarship
  • IV. How to Grasp Formalism? A Plea for Moderate Functionalism
  • V. Judicial Formalism in Heterogeneous and Dynamic Legal Cultures
  • VI. Conclusion
  • 3. EU Law and Central European Judges: Administrative Judiciaries in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland Ten Years after Accession
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Research Methodology
  • III. Research Results
  • IV. Interpretation of ResultsV. Conclusions
  • 4. The Impact of EU Membership on Private Law Adjudication in Poland: A Case Study of the Polish Supreme Court?s Case Law on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Institutional Background: Formalism in Polish Legal Culture
  • III. Regulatory Background: The Unfair Terms Directive and its Implementation in Poland
  • IV. Quantitative Analysis of S?d Najwy?szy?s CaseLaw on Unfair Terms
  • V. Qualitative Analysis of SN Case Law on Unfair Terms
  • VI. Conclusions
  • 5. The Aversion to Judicial Discretion in Civil Procedure in Post-Communist Countries: Can the Influence of EU Law Change it?I. Introduction
  • II. Can a Diagnosis for Slovenia be Generalised to All Post-Communist Countries?
  • III. Reasons for Resentment with Regard to Judicial Discretion: A Look at the Past
  • IV. Introduction of Sanctions Against Late Submissions of Facts and Evidence Labelledas?Excessive Formalisation of Procedure?
  • V. Resentment Regarding Judicial Discretionin Slovenia Today: Why won?t it Fade Away?
  • VI. Judicial Discretion in European Civil Procedure LawVII. The Impact of the European Civil Procedure on the Legal Method and Mentality of National Judges
  • VIII. Conclusions
  • 6. The Remains of the Authoritarian Mentality within the Slovene Judiciary
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Legal (Dis- )Continuity
  • III. The State of the Judiciary During Transition: The Absence of Lustration
  • IV. The Remnants of the Old Judiciary Culture
  • V. Conclusion
  • 7. From a Discourse on?Communist Legacy? Towards Capacity Building to Better Manage the Rule of Law

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