New Appointment to the Supreme Court of Denmark

Simon Drugda

New Appointment to the Supreme Court of Denmark

Faculty of Law

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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.

Original language	English
Publication date	9 Aug 2019
Publisher	Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 9 Aug 2019

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Faculty of Law
Judicial appointments
supreme courts
Judicial Appointments Council
Højesteret
Judicial diversity

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