Improving the Performance ofJustice Institutions

Decker, Klaus ; Mohlen, Christian ; Varela, David F.

World Bank, Colombia

关键词: ABUSES;    ACCESS TO JUSTICE;    ACCOUNTABILITY;    ADJUDICATION;    ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS;   

RP-ID  :  63725

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a selection ofexperiences from Organization for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD) countries in managing justiceinstitutions which are the most relevant for performanceimprovement of their counterparts in Latin America. Thescope of the paper is mostly limited to the courts, butcomprises all types of courts: specialized courts as well ascourts of general jurisdiction, civil as well as criminaland administrative courts, first instance as well asappellate and supreme courts. Issues of legal reform,judicial training, alternative dispute resolution or accessfor the poor are not considered in this paper. The firstchapter provides an overview of the justice sector reformexperience in Latin America over the last two decades, andhow these reforms coincide with or follow OECD countrytrends. The second chapter outlines the context of thedebates regarding the performance and quality of justiceservices in OECD countries prior to the 1990s. The thirdchapter discusses the transition from traditional justicereform approaches in OECD countries to the New PublicManagement (NPM) approaches that began in the 1990s. Thefourth chapter presents five major cases of reforms inpublic expenditure, human resources, and organizationalrestructuring in the justice sectors of five differentcountries. The fifth chapter describes recent trends in OECDcountries regarding quality controls in court servicedelivery which share approaches with the private sector. Thepaper concludes with some suggestions about areas whereLatin American judiciaries may benefit from experiences ofOECD countries.