A Treasure Trove of Information for Justice Reform

Ingo Keilitz

doi:10.18352/ijca.172

Abstract

This article is a review of European Judicial Systems – Edition 2014 (2012 Data): Efficiency and Quality of Justice , European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, available online in full and summary versions at www.coe.int/cepej .

Highlights

Review of CEPEJ European Judicial Systems 2014 Report (2012 Data): Efficiency and Quality of Justice, European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, 521 pages
The fifth biennial edition of CEPEJ’s report, European Judicial Systems – Edition 2014 (2012 Data): Efficiency and Quality of Justice, was made public late last year. It is an evaluation of the judicial systems of 453 of the 47 countries in the Council of Europe (Lichtenstein and San Marino did not provide data)
Issues addressed in the Report include “supply” side questions (e.g., Numbers of courts within and across countries over time? Public expenditures for courts, prosecution, and legal aid per inhabitant?), and “demand” side questions (e.g., Number of land registry cases handled by courts, if any? How are courts performing in terms of their case clearance rates and case disposition times?) These questions and many more are answered in 500-plus pages of text and over 250 figures and tables divided into 18 chapters, as well as two appendices containing the survey in its entirety and an extensive note with general comments and question-by-question explanations of each of the 208 survey items

Summary

Introduction

Review of CEPEJ European Judicial Systems 2014 Report (2012 Data): Efficiency and Quality of Justice, European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, 521 pages. Every two years over the last decade, member states of the Council of Europe -- from Azerbaijan to Iceland -- report on the efficiency and quality of their judicial systems, reports that are compiled and analyzed by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ).[2] The fifth biennial edition of CEPEJ’s report, European Judicial Systems – Edition 2014 (2012 Data): Efficiency and Quality of Justice (hereinafter “Report”), was made public late last year.

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