'Internal’ crisis of judiciary? Attitudes of members of the legal professions in Croatia and Serbia towards judiciaries in their countries
Апстракт
In this paper we analyze attitudes of members of the legal professions in Croatia and Serbia with regards to the judicial systems - the trust in judicial institutions and satisfaction with their performance. In the first part of the paper we present arguments of the cultural and institutional approach to explaining the foundations of trust in institutions, then define the characteristics of a "good" judiciary in the context of the democratic rule of law, and present the socio-political context of judicial reform in both countries over the last twenty years. In the second, empirical part of the paper we analyze the data collected through the online survey conducted among members of the legal professions in 2018 in Croatia and Serbia. The results from both countries show a low level of trust in judiciary and deep dissatisfaction with the functioning of judiciary on a list of dimensions. Our analysis confirms the link between (dis)trust in institutions and (dis)satisfaction with their wor...k and thus also the assumptions of the institutional perspective on trust. We conclude that the obtained results point to an "internal" crisis of trust in judiciary in both countries, which accompanies the evident "external" crisis of the Serbian judiciary and the latent tensions in and around the Croatian judiciary.
Кључне речи:
Trust in Institutions / Serbia / Legitimacy / Legal Professions / Judiciary / Croatia / CrisisИзвор:
Politička misao / Croatian Political Science Review, 2019, 56, 1, 75-105Издавач:
- Sveuciliste & Zagrebu, Fak Politickih Znanosti, Zagreb
DOI: 10.20901/pm.56.1.03
ISSN: 0032-3241
WoS: 000466995400003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85072255552
Колекције
Институција/група
Pravni fakultet / Faculty of Law University of BelgradeTY - JOUR AU - Mrakovčić, Marko AU - Vuković, Danilo PY - 2019 UR - https://ralf.ius.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1136 AB - In this paper we analyze attitudes of members of the legal professions in Croatia and Serbia with regards to the judicial systems - the trust in judicial institutions and satisfaction with their performance. In the first part of the paper we present arguments of the cultural and institutional approach to explaining the foundations of trust in institutions, then define the characteristics of a "good" judiciary in the context of the democratic rule of law, and present the socio-political context of judicial reform in both countries over the last twenty years. In the second, empirical part of the paper we analyze the data collected through the online survey conducted among members of the legal professions in 2018 in Croatia and Serbia. The results from both countries show a low level of trust in judiciary and deep dissatisfaction with the functioning of judiciary on a list of dimensions. Our analysis confirms the link between (dis)trust in institutions and (dis)satisfaction with their work and thus also the assumptions of the institutional perspective on trust. We conclude that the obtained results point to an "internal" crisis of trust in judiciary in both countries, which accompanies the evident "external" crisis of the Serbian judiciary and the latent tensions in and around the Croatian judiciary. PB - Sveuciliste & Zagrebu, Fak Politickih Znanosti, Zagreb T2 - Politička misao / Croatian Political Science Review T1 - 'Internal’ crisis of judiciary? Attitudes of members of the legal professions in Croatia and Serbia towards judiciaries in their countries EP - 105 IS - 1 SP - 75 VL - 56 DO - 10.20901/pm.56.1.03 UR - conv_3058 ER -
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Mrakovčić, M.,& Vuković, D.. (2019). 'Internal’ crisis of judiciary? Attitudes of members of the legal professions in Croatia and Serbia towards judiciaries in their countries. in Politička misao / Croatian Political Science Review Sveuciliste & Zagrebu, Fak Politickih Znanosti, Zagreb., 56(1), 75-105. https://doi.org/10.20901/pm.56.1.03 conv_3058
Mrakovčić M, Vuković D. 'Internal’ crisis of judiciary? Attitudes of members of the legal professions in Croatia and Serbia towards judiciaries in their countries. in Politička misao / Croatian Political Science Review. 2019;56(1):75-105. doi:10.20901/pm.56.1.03 conv_3058 .
Mrakovčić, Marko, Vuković, Danilo, "'Internal’ crisis of judiciary? Attitudes of members of the legal professions in Croatia and Serbia towards judiciaries in their countries" in Politička misao / Croatian Political Science Review, 56, no. 1 (2019):75-105, https://doi.org/10.20901/pm.56.1.03 ., conv_3058 .