REFORMA PRAVOSUĐA I NJENA OGRANIČENJA
JUDICIARY REFORM AND ITS LIMITATIONS

Author(s): Alan Uzelac
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Governance
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: judicial reform; judicial administration and self-government; judicial efficiency; independence of the judiciary
Summary/Abstract: At the end of 2000, constitutional changes and amendments to the Law on Courts and the Law on the State Judicial Council changed a number of provisions of the so-called organizational judicial law in the Republic of Croatia. Along with a clearer demarcation between the functions of judicial self-governance and judicial administration, as well as the bodies within the courts that exercise this function, the method of electing court presidents has also been changed. It was precisely in this aspect that the new system was subject to criticism, especially from circles affected by the reform. The paper presents the basic determinants of the reform that was necessary in the current judicial crisis, but warns that the unpreparedness for radical changes mixed with systemic difficulties related to any judicial reform leads to poor prospects for the quick success of reform efforts.

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