Attila Badó

• University of Szeged

Hungarian judicial selection has been characterised by meritocratic and nepotic elements since the 1990 regime change which are indirectly distorted by change, albeit to a relatively reduced extent, to political aspects. Scores of Hungarian and foreign experts have evaluated the measures of the justice reform put in place after the 2010 change of g...

Le dispositif de distribution automatique des dossiers, découlant du principe du droit au juge naturel, est devenu le nouveau garant moderne de l’indépendance et de l’impartialité des juges dans de nombreux ordres juridiques. Ce principe exige du pouvoir judiciaire l’élimination de critères personnels lors de l’affectation des dossiers à un juge ou...

This article informs us of the possible disciplinary measures against judges in the USA, both at a federal and state level. Additionally, all the different commissions and respective regulations are mentioned, as well as the potential reasons why the impeachment process is a rare occurrence. The reader also learns about the relation of the right of...

This paper outlines the attempts to reform the Hungarian judicial system after the transition. The paper reveals the relevant political factors and explains the main problems of the judicial system right before the transition process and those of the periods of 1990-1994 and 1994-1998 . Two reforms are of key importance: the one that took place 199...

The article introduces the disciplinary measures against English judges in the 21st. century. After outlining the situation of such processes prior to 2005, the author then details the constitutional reform of that year, including the changes in the appointment of judges, introduction of new forms of disciplinary measures, and the new institutional...

Different personalities of judges lead to different outcomes, even when applying the same frameworks, the same laws; therefore the methods used when appointing judges has a large effect on the process. This article argues for the automatic case distribution as a solution to minimalise external influence on case assignments, while outlining such exi...

This paper wishes to prove that even today, in the world of modern democracies and the growing importance of judicial independence, traces of political influence still can be discovered in the process of the selection of judges. After outlining the concepts of impartiality and independence, the authors draw the readers’ attention to the need for gu...

This article conducts an international comparison of the judiciary from the perspective of constitutionality, independence and the most important principles . It introduces, how judicial independence has evolved over time, and analyses the elements that contribute to judicial independence in different legal systems. Thus models of the central judic...

The paper introduces several aspects of the legal training in Hungary, including the history and the structure, as well as the denial of the shift to the Bologna system in legal education.