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European judicial systems: 2008 findings and regional analysis

This report by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice presents data from 2006 on various aspects of European judicial systems, including court financing, access to justice, use of technology, mediators, court performance, and legal professionals. The report highlights trends such as the reduction of court locations, the application of e-justice, and the need for increased budget allocation and quality measures in the courts.

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European judicial systems: 2008 findings and regional analysis

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  1. European judicial systems: 2008 findings and regional analysis Commission Européenne pour l’efficacité de la Justice European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice Dr. Pim Albers Special advisor

  2. 45 Member States are included • Report presents data year 2006 • Based on replies questionnaire received from Member States • 3rd report (previous reports 2004 and 2006)

  3. Financing of the judicial systems • Access to justice and legal aid • Court locations and use of ICT in the courts • Mediators • Facts concerning professional judges and prosecutors • Court performance • Facts concerning lawyers, enforcement agents and notaries

  4. Public budget allocated to the judicial systems (courts, public prosecution and legal aid) per inhabitant

  5. Total court budget allocated to the judicial system (excl. legal aid and prosecution) per inhabitant as percentage per capita GDP

  6. Distribution of the budgetary components

  7. Court infrastructure (number of geographic court locations per 100.000 inhabitants

  8. Court locations per inhabitant regionally compared • and the court/judicial budgets (courts, public prosecution and legal aid)

  9. Level of computerization communication facilities courts - environment

  10. Number of professional judges per 100.000 inhabitants

  11. Iceland 1,3 Luxembourg 1,4 Norway 1,7 France 2,0 Russian Federation 2,0 Romania 2,1 Bulgaria 2,3 Netherlands 2,5 Sweden 2,6 Monaco 2,6 Georgia 2,6 Slovenia 2,7 Hungary 2,8 Austria 2,8 Latvia 2,8 Finland 2,8 Germany 2,9 Czech Republic 3,0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,0 Azerbaijan 3,1 Slovakia 3,2 Poland 3,2 FYROMacedonia 3,3 3,4 Switzerland Lithuania 3,6 Turkey 3,6 Belgium 3,7 Croatia 3,7 Montenegro 3,8 Moldova 3,8 3,9 Portugal Denmark 4,0 Italy 4,2 Serbia 4,3 Estonia 4,3 Cyprus 4,5 UK-Scotland 5,4 6,9 UK-England and Wales Ireland 8,2 Spain 9,1 Malta 10,4 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 • Number of non-judge staff per professional judge

  12. (Non-)professional judges per 100.000 inhabitants regionally compared

  13. Court staff compared

  14. Judges’ salaries

  15. Number of incoming and resolved civil litigious cases per 100.000 inhabitants

  16. Number of incoming and resolved civil non-litigious cases and decisions per 100.000 inhabitants (in the region)

  17. Average calculated disposition time (in days) = the number of days that cases are outstanding, or remain unresolved in court

  18. Average disposition time land register and business register cases

  19. Number of public prosecutors per 100.000 inhabitants • (and cases received)

  20. Annual budget for the public prosecution per inhabitant in €

  21. Legal professionals per 100.000 inhab

  22. General conclusions: trends in Europe • Reduction geographic court locations • Stimulation of the application of e-justice • More use of ADR (especially mediation) • Increase of the budget allocated to judicial systems • More attention to the monitoring of cases with an exceptional duration • Increase of the introduction of quality measures in the courts

  23. Full report can be downloaded from the cepej website (from 8 October 2008) • http://www.coe.int/cepej

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