Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.73.6.02
The Questionable Independence of Polish Assessors and Its Effects on the European Legal Order
Marcin Dorochowicz
; Sveučilište Nikole Kopernika u Torunu, Toruń, Poljska
Bożena Gronowska
; Sveučilište Nikole Kopernika u Torunu, Toruń, Poljska
Piotr Sadowski
; Sveučilište Nikole Kopernika u Torunu, Toruń, Poljska
Sažetak
This article critically analyses the Polish institution of assessor (junior judge) and the impact of hampering this institution’s independence on decisions of other European courts. Using the dogmatic-legal method, the authors conclude that procedures of nominating assessors and ending their periods of service do not respect the right to a fair trial guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights, and in EU law. Assessors adjudicate mainly in a one-person bench. Thus, although under EU law states should only exceptionally verify if decisions made by other states respect fundamental rights, such verifications may become routine.
Ključne riječi
right to a fair trial; assessor (junior judge); independence and impartiality of judges; EU fundamental rights
Hrčak ID:
315200
URI
Datum izdavanja:
13.3.2024.
Posjeta: 106 *