Slovak Republic : Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment

The purpose of this legal and judicial sector assessment is to evaluate Slovak Republic's legal and judicial systems and institutions, and identify their strengths and weaknesses. The assessment serves as a flexible tool for application across...

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spelling okr-10986-150482021-04-23T14:03:12Z Slovak Republic : Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment World Bank ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY ACTIONS ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY ATTORNEYS AUTHORITY BANKRUPTCY BANKRUPTCY COURTS BAR ASSOCIATIONS CASE MANAGEMENT CITIZENS CODES CONSTITUTION COPYRIGHT CORRUPTION COUNCILS COUNSEL COURT ADMINISTRATION COURT DECISIONS COURT DELAYS COURT MANAGEMENT COURT PERFORMANCE COURT PROCEEDINGS COURT REPORTS COURT SYSTEM COURTS CRIMINAL CASES DECISION MAKING DEMOCRATIC STATE DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES DISCLOSURE DISTRICT COURTS DISTRICTS ETHICAL NORMS EUROPEAN UNION FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINES HUMAN RESOURCES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL COMPENSATION JUDICIAL ETHICS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL SECTOR JUDICIAL SELECTION JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICES LAW FIRM LAW FIRMS LAW SCHOOLS LAWYER LAWYERS LEGAL AID LEGAL ASSISTANCE LEGAL EDUCATION LEGAL EXPENSES LEGAL FEES LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROFESSION LEGAL PROFESSIONALS LEGAL PROFESSIONS LEGAL REPRESENTATION LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LITIGATION MEDIATION NATIONALS NOTARIES PLEADINGS PRESIDENCY PRESIDENTS PROBATION PROFESSIONALS PUBLIC RESOURCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION SELECTION OF JUDGES TRANSPARENCY USAID LEGAL FRAMEWORK JUDICIAL FRAMEWORK JUDICIAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY JUDICIAL SYSTEM INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL SYSTEM INTEGRITY JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE COURT ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL PROFESSION SELF REGULATION ABILITY ACCESS TO LEGAL SYSTEMS GOVERNMENT ROLE JUDICIAL TRAINING The purpose of this legal and judicial sector assessment is to evaluate Slovak Republic's legal and judicial systems and institutions, and identify their strengths and weaknesses. The assessment serves as a flexible tool for application across countries and legal systems, applying a broad based, demand driven and bottom-up methodology. This report is divided into two parts. The first part, which concentrates on the Slovak Judicial Sector, identifies areas where court performance could be improved through better management. It begins with a description of the courts then turns to an analysis of the overall management of the court system and the courts' performance. The second part of the report concentrates on the Legal Services provided by attorneys and commercial lawyers. It analyzes the appropriateness of the framework in which legal services are supplied, including the self-regulation of the legal profession, to ensure adequate access to legal services for all users. The government's role in regulating the legal services markets to ensure that all citizens, including underprivileged groups, are afforded adequate access to legal services, is discussed. The report relies on a combination of data sources, including surveys, interviews, expert assessments, and statistics, all of which provide a basis for cross-reference. A major source of information was the findings of a World Bank-U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) survey that analyzed the level of corruption in Slovakia. Court statistics were used with care, owing to potential problems with their collection and organization. European Union (EU) standards and practices were used as benchmarks in analyzing the legal services market. 2013-08-14T15:54:16Z 2013-08-14T15:54:16Z 2003-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/3574453/slovak-republic-legal-judicial-sector-assessment ISBN 80-89041-30-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15048 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Publication Europe and Central Asia Slovak Republic
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topic ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACTIONS
ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY
ATTORNEYS
AUTHORITY
BANKRUPTCY
BANKRUPTCY COURTS
BAR ASSOCIATIONS
CASE MANAGEMENT
CITIZENS
CODES
CONSTITUTION
COPYRIGHT
CORRUPTION
COUNCILS
COUNSEL
COURT ADMINISTRATION
COURT DECISIONS
COURT DELAYS
COURT MANAGEMENT
COURT PERFORMANCE
COURT PROCEEDINGS
COURT REPORTS
COURT SYSTEM
COURTS
CRIMINAL CASES
DECISION MAKING
DEMOCRATIC STATE
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
DISCLOSURE
DISTRICT COURTS
DISTRICTS
ETHICAL NORMS
EUROPEAN UNION
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINES
HUMAN RESOURCES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
JUDGES
JUDGMENTS
JUDICIAL COMPENSATION
JUDICIAL ETHICS
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL REFORM
JUDICIAL SECTOR
JUDICIAL SELECTION
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JUSTICES
LAW FIRM
LAW FIRMS
LAW SCHOOLS
LAWYER
LAWYERS
LEGAL AID
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
LEGAL EDUCATION
LEGAL EXPENSES
LEGAL FEES
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROFESSION
LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
LEGAL PROFESSIONS
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
LEGAL SERVICES
LEGAL STATUS
LEGISLATION
LITIGATION
MEDIATION
NATIONALS
NOTARIES
PLEADINGS
PRESIDENCY
PRESIDENTS
PROBATION
PROFESSIONALS
PUBLIC RESOURCES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
SELECTION OF JUDGES
TRANSPARENCY
USAID LEGAL FRAMEWORK
JUDICIAL FRAMEWORK
JUDICIAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY
JUDICIAL SYSTEM INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL SYSTEM INTEGRITY
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE
COURT ADMINISTRATION
JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS
LEGAL SERVICES
LEGAL PROFESSION
SELF REGULATION ABILITY
ACCESS TO LEGAL SYSTEMS
GOVERNMENT ROLE
JUDICIAL TRAINING
spellingShingle ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACTIONS
ANTICORRUPTION STRATEGY
ATTORNEYS
AUTHORITY
BANKRUPTCY
BANKRUPTCY COURTS
BAR ASSOCIATIONS
CASE MANAGEMENT
CITIZENS
CODES
CONSTITUTION
COPYRIGHT
CORRUPTION
COUNCILS
COUNSEL
COURT ADMINISTRATION
COURT DECISIONS
COURT DELAYS
COURT MANAGEMENT
COURT PERFORMANCE
COURT PROCEEDINGS
COURT REPORTS
COURT SYSTEM
COURTS
CRIMINAL CASES
DECISION MAKING
DEMOCRATIC STATE
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
DISCLOSURE
DISTRICT COURTS
DISTRICTS
ETHICAL NORMS
EUROPEAN UNION
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINES
HUMAN RESOURCES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
JUDGES
JUDGMENTS
JUDICIAL COMPENSATION
JUDICIAL ETHICS
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL REFORM
JUDICIAL SECTOR
JUDICIAL SELECTION
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JUSTICES
LAW FIRM
LAW FIRMS
LAW SCHOOLS
LAWYER
LAWYERS
LEGAL AID
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
LEGAL EDUCATION
LEGAL EXPENSES
LEGAL FEES
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROFESSION
LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
LEGAL PROFESSIONS
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
LEGAL SERVICES
LEGAL STATUS
LEGISLATION
LITIGATION
MEDIATION
NATIONALS
NOTARIES
PLEADINGS
PRESIDENCY
PRESIDENTS
PROBATION
PROFESSIONALS
PUBLIC RESOURCES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
SELECTION OF JUDGES
TRANSPARENCY
USAID LEGAL FRAMEWORK
JUDICIAL FRAMEWORK
JUDICIAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY
JUDICIAL SYSTEM INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL SYSTEM INTEGRITY
JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE
COURT ADMINISTRATION
JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS
LEGAL SERVICES
LEGAL PROFESSION
SELF REGULATION ABILITY
ACCESS TO LEGAL SYSTEMS
GOVERNMENT ROLE
JUDICIAL TRAINING
World Bank
Slovak Republic : Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Slovak Republic
description The purpose of this legal and judicial sector assessment is to evaluate Slovak Republic's legal and judicial systems and institutions, and identify their strengths and weaknesses. The assessment serves as a flexible tool for application across countries and legal systems, applying a broad based, demand driven and bottom-up methodology. This report is divided into two parts. The first part, which concentrates on the Slovak Judicial Sector, identifies areas where court performance could be improved through better management. It begins with a description of the courts then turns to an analysis of the overall management of the court system and the courts' performance. The second part of the report concentrates on the Legal Services provided by attorneys and commercial lawyers. It analyzes the appropriateness of the framework in which legal services are supplied, including the self-regulation of the legal profession, to ensure adequate access to legal services for all users. The government's role in regulating the legal services markets to ensure that all citizens, including underprivileged groups, are afforded adequate access to legal services, is discussed. The report relies on a combination of data sources, including surveys, interviews, expert assessments, and statistics, all of which provide a basis for cross-reference. A major source of information was the findings of a World Bank-U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) survey that analyzed the level of corruption in Slovakia. Court statistics were used with care, owing to potential problems with their collection and organization. European Union (EU) standards and practices were used as benchmarks in analyzing the legal services market.
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author World Bank
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title Slovak Republic : Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
title_short Slovak Republic : Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
title_full Slovak Republic : Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
title_fullStr Slovak Republic : Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
title_full_unstemmed Slovak Republic : Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
title_sort slovak republic : legal and judicial sector assessment
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/3574453/slovak-republic-legal-judicial-sector-assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15048
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