Prof. Dr. Philip M. Langbroek is director of the Montaigne Centre for Judicial Administration and Conflict Resolution at Utrecht School of Law, the Netherlands. He holds a chair on Justice Administration and Judicial organisation at Utrecht University. Trained in public administration and law, he has taught Dutch administrative law and public administration for many years and published widely on administrative law and Ombudsmen. Inspired by the change processes in the Dutch judiciary, Langbroek has focused his research on judicial administration, and organised and directed several international comparative research projects in this field. Langbroek chaired the EGPA studygroup on Management and delivery of justice (2000-2006), and the EGPA Studygroup on Law and Public Administration (2006-2011). Currently he co-chairs the EGPA studygroup on Justice and Court Administration (2011- ongoing). He holds several editorships, the most important are: member of the editorial board of Utrecht Law Review.
Relevant publications are:
• Researching Justification Texts of a First Instance Court from Assignment to Results and Reporting. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 4 (5), (pp. 1071-1098) (28 p.) (with Tina van der Linden). (2014)***
• Designing Administrative Pre-Trial Proceedings, Eleven publishers, The Hague, December 2012. ( witht Anoeska Buijze and Milan Remac)***
• Organization Development of the Dutch Judiciary, between Accountability and Judicial Independence, International Journal for Court Administration, April 2010***.
• Quality Management in Courts and in the Judicial Organisations in 8 Council Of Europe Member States, A qualitative inventory to hypothesise factors for success or failure, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing CEPEJ(2011) 3, p. 1-148
• The Right Judge for each Case, a comparative study of case assignment and impartiality in 6 European countries, Metro, Intersentia, Antwerp 2007.(with Marco Fabri, editors and research-directors)
FABRÍCIO BITTENCOURT DA CRUZ is the former Secretary-General of the Brazilian National Council of Justice. He also works as Constitutional Law Professor at State University of Ponta Grossa – School of Law.
After have served for three years as Prosecutor, he was appointed Federal Judge, his actual career. He also served for two years as Magistrate Judge at the Brazilian Supreme Court.
Fabrício earned the Master in Law degree at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, and the Doctor in Law degree at the Universidade of São Paulo.
As Secretary-General of the Brazilian National Council of Justice, Fabrício worked mainly in the field of administration of justice.
He also acted as co-coordinator on the Conciliation and Mediation System and as member of Electronic Process Advisory Council, both on the Federal Court of the 4th Region.
DIrector of the International Institute for Justice Excellence (IIJE, The Hague)
Vicepresident for Latin & South America of the International Association for Court Administration (IACA)
President of E-Justicia Latinoamérica
Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, University of Belgrano
Director of the Center of Judicial Studies, University of Buenos Aires
Prof. Dr. Philip M. Langbroek is director of the Montaigne Centre for Judicial Administration and Conflict Resolution at Utrecht School of Law, the Netherlands. He holds a chair on Justice Administration and Judicial organisation at Utrecht University. Trained in public administration and law, he has taught Dutch administrative law and public administration for many years and published widely on administrative law and Ombudsmen. Inspired by the change processes in the Dutch judiciary, Langbroek has focused his research on judicial administration, and organised and directed several international comparative research projects in this field. Langbroek chaired the EGPA studygroup on Management and delivery of justice (2000-2006), and the EGPA Studygroup on Law and Public Administration (2006-2011). Currently he co-chairs the EGPA studygroup on Justice and Court Administration (2011- ongoing). He holds several editorships, the most important are: member of the editorial board of Utrecht Law Review.
Relevant publications are:
• Researching Justification Texts of a First Instance Court from Assignment to Results and Reporting. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 4 (5), (pp. 1071-1098) (28 p.) (with Tina van der Linden). (2014)***
• Designing Administrative Pre-Trial Proceedings, Eleven publishers, The Hague, December 2012. ( witht Anoeska Buijze and Milan Remac)***
• Organization Development of the Dutch Judiciary, between Accountability and Judicial Independence, International Journal for Court Administration, April 2010***.
• Quality Management in Courts and in the Judicial Organisations in 8 Council Of Europe Member States, A qualitative inventory to hypothesise factors for success or failure, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing CEPEJ(2011) 3, p. 1-148
• The Right Judge for each Case, a comparative study of case assignment and impartiality in 6 European countries, Metro, Intersentia, Antwerp 2007.(with Marco Fabri, editors and research-directors)
Professor of Case Management, Court Administration, Law and Economics and New Public Management, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Andrew Phelan
Chief Executive & Principal Registrar High Court of Australia, Canberra, Australia
