New Appointment to the Supreme Court of Denmark

TY - ICOMM

T1 - New Appointment to the Supreme Court of Denmark

AU - Drugda, Simon

N1 - Suggested Citation: Simon Drugda, New Appointment to the Supreme Court of Denmark, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, Aug. 9, 2019, at: http://www.iconnectblog.com/2019/08/new-appointment-to-the-supreme-court-of-denmark

PY - 2019/8/9

Y1 - 2019/8/9

N2 - The Supreme Court (SC) of Denmark will have a new judge. The Judicial Appointments Council (JAC) has recommended Ombudsman Jørgen Steen Sørensen for the position late in June. The appointment is not final, however, as Sørensen must first prove his merit by voting with the SC in four “trial” cases. After the quota, SC judges will have a choice to confirm Sørensen to the position.In this contribution, I examine the procedure for appointment of SC judges in Denmark, which has several interesting features. All Danish judges, except for the SC President, are appointed by the Minister of Justice, on the recommendation of JAC, in on an open call for applications. However, the SC has a decisive influence over the appointment of its own judges: due to 1) the informal pre-selection that precedes Council recommendation; 2) the composition of the JAC; 3) and the practice of trial-vote.

AB - The Supreme Court (SC) of Denmark will have a new judge. The Judicial Appointments Council (JAC) has recommended Ombudsman Jørgen Steen Sørensen for the position late in June. The appointment is not final, however, as Sørensen must first prove his merit by voting with the SC in four “trial” cases. After the quota, SC judges will have a choice to confirm Sørensen to the position.In this contribution, I examine the procedure for appointment of SC judges in Denmark, which has several interesting features. All Danish judges, except for the SC President, are appointed by the Minister of Justice, on the recommendation of JAC, in on an open call for applications. However, the SC has a decisive influence over the appointment of its own judges: due to 1) the informal pre-selection that precedes Council recommendation; 2) the composition of the JAC; 3) and the practice of trial-vote.

KW - Faculty of Law

KW - Judicial appointments

KW - supreme courts

KW - Judicial Appointments Council

KW - Højesteret

KW - Judicial diversity

UR - http://www.iconnectblog.com/2019/08/new-appointment-to-the-supreme-court-of-denmark/

M3 - Net publication - Internet publication

PB - Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law

ER -