Judicial Counter-Reforms in Romania and the role of national judges in order to preserve the Rule of Law

Speaker: Dragos Calin, Judge, Bucharest Court of Appeals Convenor: Simone Benvenuti, University Roma Tre Abstract: In Romania, 2018-2019 legislative amendments, backed by the Constitutional Court, limited the freedom of expression of judges and prosecutors and established a separate prosecutor's office for the investigation of offences by judges and prosecutors. These measures, supossedly taming the judiciary, [...]

General Assembly (online)

General Assembly of members of the Justice Administration Research Association

Informal Judicial Institutions

E-Seminar

Speakers: Katarína Šipulová (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic), David Kosař (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic) Convenor: Marco Fabri

Reviving the Italian Court System: The Role of Judicial Assistants

E-Seminar

Convenor: Alina Ontanu, Assistant Professor, Tilburg Law School, Netherlands Speaker: Eleonora Ferrari, PhD candidate and research assistant University of Bologna, Italy "This presentation explores the impact of judicial assistants in Italy and their potential role in reducing case backlogs and managing court workload. The research addresses the challenges of measuring their effectiveness, considering the various [...]

Judicial Stress: The Unmentionable and the Undeniable

Convenor: Alina Ontanu, Assistant Professor, Tilburg Law School, Netherlands Speaker: Dr Carly Schrever, Director, Human Ethos: Wellbeing for Judges and Lawyers Associate Professor, Law School, University of Western Australia The UN General Assembly recently voted to declare 25 July the International Day for Judicial Wellbeing. This is off the back of a growing global conversation [...]

2025 JAR-Association Conference

University of Limoges Limoges, France

Registration is now open for JAR-Association's  second Conference, which will take place in Limoges, France from 10-13 June 2025.  The formal conference sessions on 11-12 June will take place in the Law Faculty, at the University of Limoges. As indicated on the program, we hope to organise an informal catch up for delegates on the [...]

€100.00 – €130.00