Judicial errors in civil proceedings: concept, causes and procedural methods of their prevention
| Author | Affiliation |
|---|---|
Savchyn, Nelia |
Mykolo Romerio universitetas |
| Date |
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2014 |
Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas vienas iš negatyviųjų teisinės sistemos aspektų ‒ teismų klaidos. Šiame darbe analizuojamos skirtingos mokslininkų nuomonės dėl teismo klaidų kilimo priežasčių ir pateikiamos autorės įžvalgos šiuo klausimu. Taip pat identifikuojami procedūriniai metodai, skirti teismo klaidų prevencijai, juos klasifikuojant, aprašant ir atskleidžiant jų svarbą civiliniame procese.
The causes of judicial errors include the following: 1) inadequate level of education and training of judges; 2) lack of appropriate moral qualities of judges; 3) lack of knowledge of substantive and procedural law; 4) dishonesty, superficial, careless and formal attitude of judges towards their duties; 5) inability to organize their work correctly; 6) careless filing of procedural documents; 7) absence of job experience; 8) ignorance of higher court clarifications on the application of state law; 9) subjective views, likes and dislikes of judges; 10) low level of judges’ discipline; 11) the bias of the court; 12) violation of statutory procedural terms, etc. Removing judicial errors through vitiation and modification of the ruling is an undesired extreme measure as an act of justice and it should not be viewed as a standard occurrence (in terms of legal regulation), but rather as an exceptional one. Thus, it is evident that in order to increase the effectiveness of civil litigation, preventive methods should be considered equally important to the elimination methods of judicial errors. Procedural methods of judicial errors prevention in civil litigation are specific provisions of the Civil Procedure Law, the execution of which significantly hurdles the occurrence of judicial errors in civil proceedings. [...]