SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE  – COMPETENCES AND STRUCTURE ACROSS EUROPE

Marina M. Matić Bošković

doi:10.56461/SPZ_23405KJ

Marina M. Matić Bošković, PhD
e-mail: m.m.boskovic@roldevelopmentlab.com
Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Gračanička 18, Belgrade, Serbia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1359-0276

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56461/SPZ_23405KJ

Ključne reči: vrhovni sud, uporedne jurisdikcije, ujednačavanje sudske prakse, filter i kriterijumi prihvatljivosti.

Apstrakt

Rad pruža sveobuhvatan pregled raznolikih formi vrhovnih sudova širom Evrope, nudeći uvid u različite strukture i funkcije koje oni predstavljaju u različitim zemljama. Analizirani su vrhovni sudovi kao jedina vrhovna sudska institucija ili kao deo šireg sistema vrhovnih sudova pored vrhovnog upravnog suda i/ ili ustavnih sudova. Rad naglašava raznolikost u organizaciji vrhovnog pravosuđa i nudi uvid u širi projekat uporednog vrhovnog pravosuđa, ukazujući na dubinsku analizu različitih faktora kao što su položaj vrhovnih sudova u različitim državama, proces izbora sudija i nadležnosti sudova u evropskim razmerama. Predstavljen je uvid u složenu i višestruku prirodu vrhovnih sudova u Evropi. Predstavljanje konkretnih primera omogućava dublje razumevanje teme, čineći je korisnim izvorom za čitaoce zainteresovane za uporedne pravne sisteme i pravosudne strukture u različitim zemljama. U radu je identifikovan uticaj modela filtera na obim posla i efikasnost suda, kao i na strukturu vrhovnog suda. Nadalje, upućuje se na moguće nedostatke modela filtera i jurisprudenciju Evropskog suda za ljudska prava u tom pogledu.

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