Judicial independence and accountability:
two sides of the same coin?
Albert Calsamiglia Hall
Roger de Llúria building [Ciutadella Campus]
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
28 February, 2014
10:00 -10:40
Chair: Aida Torres Pérez, Pompeu Fabra University
Internal conditions of judicial independence
András Sajó, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Judicial accountability in the ‘New Public Management’ paradigm: A balancing act
Elaine Mak, Erasmus University Rotterdam
10:40 – 11:10
Discussion
11:10 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Chair: Maribel González Pascual, Pompeu Fabra University
Judicial independence and judicial accountability in theory and practice: case study
on disciplining judges in the Czech Republic
David Kosař, Masaryk University
Judicial accountability: the British experience
Mario Hernández Ramos, University of Salamanca
Nationally unbounded, locally bounded? External accountability as a counterbalance
to internal independence in Italy
Daniela Piana, University of Bologna
12:30 - 13:00
Discussion
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch
14:15 - 15:00
Chair: Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, Pompeu Fabra University
Judicial independence and accountability in international courts and tribunals
Ruth Mackenzie, University of Westminster
Diversity in courts as a tool of judicial accountability
Iyola Solanke, University of Leeds
15:00 -15:30
Discussion
Àrea de Dret
Constitucional