Academic Articles
The European Judicial Training Network and its Role in the Strategy for the Europeanization of National Judges
Author:
Simone Benvenuti
University of Rome "La Sapienza", Department of Political Science
About Simone
Simone Benvenuti is research and teaching assistant at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He holds a PhD in Theory of the State and Comparative political institutions. He has been CMEPIUS research fellow at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana (2010-2011) and then Marie Curie researcher at the Legal Studies Department of the Central European University in Budapest (2012-2014). His interests in comparative law and policies are mostly but not exclusively focused on judicial institutions and developments related to supranational integration.
Abstract
This article addresses the building of a European Judicial Training Framework (EJT), notably the establishment, organization and functioning of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN). After describing the EJTN and retracing its distinctive features – co-operation, decentralization, complementarity, targeting –, the article underlines its peculiar function within EJT, which reflects the role of EJT itself in the strategy for Europeanization of national judges. It then concludes by pointing out and situating other strategic areas where important synergies with EJT for the purpose of judicial Europeanization can be strengthened, notably enhancement of transnational judicial networks and introduction of knowledge management tools in national systems. The article is based on the analysis of documents and scientific literature as well as on empirical research and semi-structured interviews conducted by the author in 2013 and 2014.
How to Cite:
Benvenuti, S., 2015. The European Judicial Training Network and its Role in the Strategy for the Europeanization of National Judges. International Journal for Court Administration, 7(1), pp.59–67. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ijca.157
Published on
15 Jul 2015.
Peer Reviewed
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