A Stress Test for Europe’s Judiciaries
Year: 2019
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The rule of law, judicial independence and separation of powers are values guaranteed in constitutions of member states of the Council of Europe. Nevertheless, in recent years, a number of challenges to these accepted values have emerged in different countries all over Europe. The legal responses from European institutions against systemic rule of law threats has yet to prove effective. In this chapter we propose a national approach to protect European rule of law standards. To facilitate this process, we suggest stress-testing Europe’s judiciaries. This should be done by means of structured thought experiments in which the likely effects of adverse developments (such as the ones to be witnessed in some European countries today) should be predicted to identify and remedy weak points in the constitutional and legal framework.
Authors: Eirik Holmøyvik, Anne Sanders
Institutions: University of Bergen, Bielefeld University
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2991909641