Title: Judicial Performance and Experiences of Judicial Work: Findings from socio-legal research by Sharyn Roach Anleu & Kathy Mack: Commentary
Abstract:This commentary examines the contribution in this edition by Roach Anleu & Mack, based on arguments that reducing judicial performance evaluation (ergo any professional performance) to that which is e...This commentary examines the contribution in this edition by Roach Anleu & Mack, based on arguments that reducing judicial performance evaluation (ergo any professional performance) to that which is easily measurable removes the human aspect of that performance, and is therefore less accurate. Here, “measurable” is meant as focusing only on the “outward performance”, “interaction with stakeholders” and how judges perform in relation to numbers of cases. Compared to such organisational standards, judicial codes of ethics or other written codes reflect the more traditional values of the judiciary, such as independence and impartiality. This can be seen e.g. in the experiences of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in supporting the use of judicial performance standards. The argument in the paper, supported by this commentator, is that such exercises are superficial and more depth is needed to capture the entirety of the judicial experience using the model presented. Este comentario analiza el articulo de Roach Anleu y Mack en este numero, en base a los argumentos de que limitar la evaluacion del rendimiento judicial (ergo cualquier rendimiento profesional) a lo que es facilmente medible elimina el aspecto humano de ese rendimiento, y es por lo tanto menos preciso. Aqui, por “medible” se entiende lo que esta centrado unicamente en el “rendimiento exterior”, la “interaccion con los interesados” y el rendimiento de los jueces en relacion con el numero de casos. En comparacion con estas normas de organizacion, los codigos judiciales de etica u otros codigos escritos reflejan los valores mas tradicionales de la judicatura, como la independencia o imparcialidad. Esto puede verse, por ejemplo, en las experiencias de la Organizacion para la Seguridad y la Cooperacion en Europa en apoyar el uso de las normas de rendimiento judicial. El argumento del articulo, apoyado por esta autora, es que estos ejercicios son superficiales y se necesita mas profundidad para capturar en su totalidad la experiencia judicial utilizando el modelo presentado. DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN : http://ssrn.com/abstract=2541088Read More
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['doaj']
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