Biblioteca DGPJ


347.97/.99CEPEJ
Monografia
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF JUSTICE (CEPEJ)
European judicial systems : edition 2012 (data 2010) : efficiency and quality of justice / European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice.- Strasbourg : Council of Europe Publishing, 2012.- 442,[1]p. ; 30cm. - (CEPEJ studies ; 18)
ISBN 978-92-871--7559-5 (Broch.) : oferta


ORGANIZAÇÃO JUDICIÁRIA, SISTEMA JUDICIAL, AVALIAÇÃO, DESPESAS PÚBLICAS, ACESSO À JUSTIÇA, TRIBUNAIS, RESOLUÇÃO ALTERNATIVA DE LITÍGIOS, MEDIAÇÃO, ARBITRAGEM, JUIZ, FUNCIONÁRIO JUDICIAL, MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO, ADVOGADO, EXECUÇÃO DE SENTENÇA, NOTÁRIO, INTERPRETE, REFORMA DA JUSTIÇA

Chapter 1. The evaluation process of the CEPEJ - 1.1 The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice. 1.2 The Scheme for evaluating judicial systems. 1.3 Data collection, validation and analysis. 1.4 General methodological issues. 1.5 General economic and demographic figures. 1.6 Analysing the findings of the report. Chapter 2. Public Expenditures: courts, prosecution system and legal aid. 2.1 Public expenditure on the operation of judicial system: overview. 2.2 Public budget allocated to the courts. 2.3 Public budget allocated to the public prosecution services. 2.4 Public budget allocated to the legal aid system. 2.5 Public budget allocated to all courts and public prosecution (without legal aid). 2.6 Public budget allocated to all courts and legal aid (excluding prosecution services). 2.7 Public budget allocated to all courts, public prosecution services and legal aid. 2.8 Trends and conclusion. Chapter 3. Access to justice. 3.1 Various types of legal aid. 3.2 The budget for legal aid. 3.3 Conditions for granting legal aid. 3.4 Court fees, taxes and reimbursement. 3.5 The revenues of the judicial system. 3.6 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 4. Users of the courts: rigths and public confidence. 4.1 Provisions regarding the supply of information to the court users. 4.2 Protection of vulnerable persons. 4.3 Role of the public prosecutor in protecting the rights or assisting the victims of crimes. 4.4 Compensation procedures. 4.5 Compensation of the users for dysfunction of the judicial system and complains. 4.6 Assessment of the satisfaction of users. 4.7 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 5. Courts. 5.1 Court organisation. 5.2 Budgetary powers within courts. 5.3 Information and communication technology (ICT) in the courts (e-justice and e-courts). 5.4 Quality and performance of the courts – Evaluation. 5.5 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 6. Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR). 6.1 Different forms of ADR. 6.2 Mediation. 6.3 Arbitration, conciliation and oder forms de ADR). 6.4 Trends and conclusions.Chapter 7. Judges. 7.1 Professional judges. 7.2 Professional judges sitting occasionally. 7.3 Non professional judges. 7.4 Trial by jury and participation of citizens. 7.5 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 8. Non-judge staf. 8.1 Non-judge staff: number and distribution. 8.2 Rechtspfleger. 8.3 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 9. Fair trial and court activity. 9.1 Legal representation in court. 9.2 Possibility to challenge a judge. 9.3 Cases related to Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. 9.4 Civil (and commercial) litigious and non-litigious cases at first instance courts. 9.5 Land register cases. 9.6 Business register cases. 9.7 Enforcement cases (non-criminal litigious cases). 9.8 Administrative law cases. 9.9 Clearance rate for the total number of civil commercial and adminitrative law cases. 9.10 Criminal law cases (severe criminal offences) and misdemeanour cases (minor offences) at 1st instance courts. 9.11 Comparing case categories: procedure and length. 9.12 Measures to increase the efficiency of judicial proceedings. 9.13 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 10. Prosecutors. 10.1 Number of public prosecutors, persons with similar duties and staff. 10.2 Role and powers of public prosecutors. 10.3 Cases proceedings managed by public prosecutors. 10.4 Trends conclusions. Chapter 11. Status and career of judges and prosecutors. 11.1 Recruitment and nomination. 11.2 Status of prosecutors. 11.3 Training. 11.4 Salaries of judges and prosecutors. 11.5 Bonuses and other profits for judges and prosecutors. 11.6 Career of judges and prosecutors. 11.7 Responsibility of judges and prosecutors. 11.8 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 12. Lawyers - 12.1 Number of lawyers. 12.2 Organisation of the profession and training. 12.3 Practice of the profession. 12.4 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 13. Execution of court decisions - 13.1 Enforcement of court decisions in civil, commercial and administrative law. 13.2 Execution of court decisions in criminal matters. 14.3 Trends and conclusions. Chapter 14. The notaries - 14.1 Status, number and functions. 14.2 Supervision of the profession of notary. 14.3 Trends and conclusions. 15. Judicial experts - 15.1 Different kinds of judicial experts. 15.2 Selection of judicial experts. 15.3 Number of experts (technical experts). 15.4 Quality of judicial experts and protection of the title and function of judicial expert. 15.5 Trends and conclusions. 16. Court interpreters - 16.1 Number of court interpreters. 16.2 Title and function of court interpreters. 16.3 Selection of court interpreters by the courts. Chapter 17. Judicial reforms. Chapter 18. Towards more efficiency add quality in the European judicial systems - 18.1 Access to justice. 18.2 Effective functioning of the judicial systems. 18.3 Quality of the public service of justice delivered to the users.18.4 Protection of the independence of the judiciary and the statute of judges and prosecutors. Appendix. Scheme for evaluating judicial systems. Explanatory note to the sheme for evaluating judicial systems.