2007
DOI: 10.3917/drs.066.0295
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Les juges de paix belges et la mutation des modèles de justice civile

Abstract: Résumé La mutation des modèles de justice en Belgique fait l’objet de réflexions qui portent trop peu souvent sur le procès civil. Cet article aborde la question sous un angle résolument ethnographique en présentant les résultats d’une observation empirique de l’activité de quatre justices de paix belges. Les interactions judiciaires analysées démontrent que les juges de paix belges déploient une grande capacité d’initiative et d’adaptabilité dans leur fonction de justice. Ces observations indiquent, en fin de… Show more

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“…Another concern is the impact of managerial reforms on the accessibility of justice (Chelle, 2011). Part of this concern is related to the centralization of frontline courts, which is meant to rationalize the costs; however, centralizing the Belgian justice of peace in the 1990s has been suspected to decrease judges' understanding of the litigants and their knowledge of the field, while as far as citizens are concerned, it has increased the geographical distance of the courts and the subjective impression that judges are remote officials (Truffin, 2007). Similarly, Jean (2008) reports on years of reforms opposing proponents of centralization, such as city representatives or national administrative elites, and proponents of judicial decentralization, such as countryside representatives or local judges.…”
Section: Judges' Attitudes Toward the Managerialization Of Justicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another concern is the impact of managerial reforms on the accessibility of justice (Chelle, 2011). Part of this concern is related to the centralization of frontline courts, which is meant to rationalize the costs; however, centralizing the Belgian justice of peace in the 1990s has been suspected to decrease judges' understanding of the litigants and their knowledge of the field, while as far as citizens are concerned, it has increased the geographical distance of the courts and the subjective impression that judges are remote officials (Truffin, 2007). Similarly, Jean (2008) reports on years of reforms opposing proponents of centralization, such as city representatives or national administrative elites, and proponents of judicial decentralization, such as countryside representatives or local judges.…”
Section: Judges' Attitudes Toward the Managerialization Of Justicementioning
confidence: 99%