The Effects of the Shortage of Judges in Israel

In Israel the shortage of judges that has worsened over the years has led to a serious deterioration in the operation of Israel's judicial system. The article is ascertaining the intensity of the shortage by using international comparisons and comparing the rate of growth in the number of judge...

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Main Author: Limor Zer-Gutman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2017-12-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Online Access:http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/826
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Summary:In Israel the shortage of judges that has worsened over the years has led to a serious deterioration in the operation of Israel's judicial system. The article is ascertaining the intensity of the shortage by using international comparisons and comparing the rate of growth in the number of judges with the rate of growth of the general population. The article further describes the three main areas affected by the shortage. The first area is the judicial system itself where the shortage is the primary determinant of the delay and what the public often perceives as procrastination plaguing Israeli courts. Second area affected is due process- the shortage has led, in tandem with other factors, to inefficiency in the judicial system, compelling it, most prominently in the last decade or so, to be "innovative," that is, introduce procedures devoid of any legal footing. Third area affected are judges themselves. <br /> <br /> En Israel, la escasez de jueces, que se ha agravado con los a&ntilde;os, ha provocado un grave deterioro de la operatividad del sistema judicial israel&iacute;. Este art&iacute;culo corrobora la intensidad de esa escasez utilizando comparaciones internacionales y estableciendo un parang&oacute;n entre el ritmo en el aumento del n&uacute;mero de jueces y el ritmo del crecimiento de la poblaci&oacute;n. Adem&aacute;s, el art&iacute;culo describe las tres &aacute;reas principales afectadas por la escasez. La primera es el propio sistema judicial, ya que la escasez es el determinante principal del retraso judicial y de lo que el p&uacute;blico a menudo percibe como la procrastinaci&oacute;n que invade los juzgados israel&iacute;es. La segunda &aacute;rea es el proceso legal debido &ndash;la escasez, junto con otros factores, ha provocado la ineficiencia del sistema judicial, empuj&aacute;ndolo, sobre todo en la &uacute;ltima d&eacute;cada, a ser cada vez m&aacute;s "innovador", esto es, a introducir procedimientos carentes de base jur&iacute;dica alguna. La tercera &aacute;rea afectada son los propios jueces. <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN:</strong> <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3039979" target="_blank">https://ssrn.com/abstract=3039979</a></p>
ISSN:2079-5971