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In the case of judicial activity any measurement must have a clear concept of judgeship. Accepting H. Kritzer’s concept of craft, judicial qualities are a combination of relevant skills and attitudes which are present in argumentation and communication. Behind the measurement of the quality of judicial work there lies the theoretical question of justice and a sociological task. As for the theoretical question, one of the most complicated problems concerning the measurement of judicial quality is specifying the content, i.e. what aspects of this professional work can and should be measured. This essay concentrates also on the other issue, which may be an essential one if the organization is devoted to real amelioration. This issue is the organizational and wider social context of this process.
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On this concept see Bankowski’s Chapter “Judging and the Ethical Life” in this volume.
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For the Hungarian post-totalitarian judiciary see Fleck (2001).
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On the connection between judicial performance and quality control, see the website of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice.
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The concept of ‘legal complex’ means a dense network of different legal professionals (judges, attorneys, prosecutors, academics) Karpik and Halliday (2011).
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Fleck, Z. (2018). How to Measure? An Essay on the Social Context of Measuring Quality. In: Bencze, M., Ng, G. (eds) How to Measure the Quality of Judicial Reasoning. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 69. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97316-6_3
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