Judicial Remuneration as a Component of Judicial Independence

Vol.24,No.3(2016)

Abstract
The paper addresses the specific status of judicial remuneration and the possible consequences of interferences with judicial remuneration for the judicial independence. It provides an outline of components of judicial remuneration and of its relationship with the concept of judicial independence. Subsequently, relevant case law of several countries’ high courts (USA, Canada, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland) is analysed and the approach of the respective courts is evaluated. The paper concludes with pointing out the so far neglected aspects of relationship between judicial independence and judicial remuneration.


Keywords:
Judicial Remuneration; Judicial Independence; Judges; Judiciary

Pages:
391–413
Author biography

Adam Blisa

Ph.D. student, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno; Research Assistant, Judicial Studies Institute, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno; Law Clerk, Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, Brno

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