Fair Trial and Judicial Independence Hungarian Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Badó, Attila (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 27
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Constitutional law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Political Science.; Constitutional Law.

This comprehensive publication analyzes numerous aspects of the relationship between judicature and the fair trial principle in a comparative perspective. In addition, it examines the manifestation of some of the most significant elements inherent to the fair trial concept in different legal systems...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Attila Badó
• Biographies
• About the Authors
• Part I: Fair Trial and Judicial Independence in a Comparative Perspective
• Chapter 1: A Comparative Analysis of Judicial Power, Organizational Issues in Judicature, and the Administration of Courts; Zoltán Fleck
• Chapter 2: “Fair” Selection of Judges in a Modern Democracy; Attila Badó
• Chapter 3: ”As luck would have it ....” Fairness in the Distribution of Cases and Judicial Independence;  Attila Badó, Kata Szarvas
• Part II: A Comparative Approach to Analyzing the Right to a Fair Trial in Light of Modern Political Challenges
• Chapter 4: An Overview of Fair Trial Standards and National Security from a Comparative Perspective;  Samantha Cheesman
• Chapter 5: „In All Fairness…” A Comparative Analysis of the Past, Present and Future of Fair Trial Systems Outside of Europe; Márton Sulyok
• Part III: A Comparative Analysis of Some Basic Fair Trial Elements
• Chapter 6: “To Delay Justice is Injustice” - A Comparative Analysis of (Un)reasonable Delay; János Bóka
• Chapter 7: A Comparative Approach to the Evaluation of Evidence from a “Fair Trial” Perspective;  Mátyás Bencze
• Chapter 8: A Comparative Overview of Publicity in the Administration of Justice; Szonja Navratil
• Chapter 9: “Not Twice for the Same” - Double Jeopardy Protections Against Multiple Punishments: A Comparative Analysis of the Origins, Historical Development, and Modern Application of the “ne bis in idem” Principle; Péter Mezei
• Chapter 10: The Path to the Waterhole: The Right to Defense as a Fundamental Element of the Fair Trial Principle; Tamás Sulyok, Márton Sulyok.