Changes to Selection and Appointment of Constitutional Court Judges in Slovakia

TY - JOUR

T1 - Changes to Selection and Appointment of Constitutional Court Judges in Slovakia

AU - Drugda, Simon

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - This contribution examines changes to the selection and appointment of judges to the Slovak Constitutional Court. A year ahead of a scheduled replacement of nine judges of the Court in 2019, the government introduced constitutional and legislative reforms of the process. The leitmotif of the reform was an effort to improve the appointment process at the point of selection qualitatively, and to increase the sum of available public information about candidates for Constitutional Court judges. The government ultimately succeeded in implementing legislative reforms of the selection process but not the constitutional amendment.

AB - This contribution examines changes to the selection and appointment of judges to the Slovak Constitutional Court. A year ahead of a scheduled replacement of nine judges of the Court in 2019, the government introduced constitutional and legislative reforms of the process. The leitmotif of the reform was an effort to improve the appointment process at the point of selection qualitatively, and to increase the sum of available public information about candidates for Constitutional Court judges. The government ultimately succeeded in implementing legislative reforms of the selection process but not the constitutional amendment.

KW - Faculty of Law

KW - Judicial appointment

KW - Selection hearing

KW - Constitutional courts

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0032-6984

JO - Pravny Obzor

JF - Pravny Obzor

ER -