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31 Oktober 2022
Sándor Ésik

Hungary’s Shambolic Anticorruption Proposals

The Article Useless and Maybe Unconstitutional: Hungary’s Proposed Judicial Review of the Prosecutorial Decisions by Kim Lane Scheppele, Petra Bárd and Gábor Mészáros gives a detailed account of the proposed legislation on amending the Hungarian Criminal Procedure Code. The conclusions of the article are correct and most of the criticism is accurate. Yet the article misses some real weaknesses of the Hungarian government’s proposal. This article aims to point out these weaknesses from the viewpoint of a practicing Hungarian criminal lawyer. Continue reading >>
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28 Oktober 2020
Margarete von Galen, Jeremy McBride, Mikołaj Pietrzak, Coskun Yorulmaz, Maximilian Steinbeis

LawRules #6: We need to talk about Attorneys

Attorneys are not on everyone's mind when they think about the rule of law. The European Commission gave a prime example for that when it remained conspicuously silent about the role of lawyers in its recent Rule of Law report. Yet, attorneys play just as important a role in preserving the rule of law as other parts of the judicial system do. What's more: Where they are at risk of being prosecuted for doing their jobs, the erosion of the rule of law is imminent. We talk about attorneys with our distinguished guests in this week's episode of our podcast, co-hosted by the German Bar Association, We Need to Talk About the Rule of Law Continue reading >>
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22 September 2018
Radosveta Vassileva

The Polish Judicial Council v The Bulgarian Judicial Council: Can You Spot the Difference?

On 17 September 2018, in Bucharest, the General Assembly of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) voted to suspend the membership of the Polish National Judicial Council (KRS) due to growing fears of lack of judicial independence in Poland. It was reported that 100 representatives voted for suspension, 6 were against (the Polish delegation), and 9 abstained. The Bulgarian delegation was among the abstainees, so Western commentators may wonder what the motivation for this position was. Continue reading >>
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04 August 2015
Maximilian Steinbeis

Range vs. Maas: Zu wenig Eingriff, nicht zu viel

Ein "unerträglicher Eingriff in die Unabhängigkeit der Justiz" hat also stattgefunden. Der amtierende Bundesjustizminister hat also den amtierenden Generalbundesanwalt zu hindern versucht, pflichtgemäß seine Arbeit zu tun und dem Verdacht auf journalistischen Landesverrat nachzugehen, nur weil ihm diese Arbeit politisch nicht in den Kram passte. Einen regelrechten Verfassungsbruch hat der Minister damit also begangen, indem er die Unabhängigkeit der Justiz brutal der Logik politischer Opportunität unterwarf. Das ist ein strammer Vorwurf und als politischer und sicherheitsadministrativer Vorgang zweifellos höchst bemerkenswert, aber inhaltlich meines Erachtens ein rechter Schmarren. Erstens ist hier von Unabhängigkeit der Justiz gar keine Rede, und zweitens hat, selbst wenn, Minister Maas in dieselbe eher zu wenig als zu viel eingegriffen. Continue reading >>
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