Nekaj besed o sodni upravi

slovenian

2025

volume 80, issue 5/6

court administration   economy   efficiency   judges   quality   Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia   trial within a reasonable time

Univerza v Ljubljani, Pravna fakulteta
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

One of the (two) priorities of the judicial year 2025 is judicial administration, particularly in view of the anticipated amendments to judicial legislation and the introduction of a single-judge concept. This priority is also linked to the author’s earlier announcement that, once judges’ salaries have been regulated (improved), he will turn his attention to the numbers - that is to judges’ performance. The author has consistently advocated measuring the productivity and economy of court operations; determining quality indicators and standards; measuring the quality of court work; setting time standards; preparing a court workload measurement system and introducing a performance-management model. These measures must be accompanied by appropriate steps to ensure efficient and prompt resolution of cases, as a court decision must be rendered within a reasonable time. Special attention should be paid to the work of judges. They, too, must strive to balance compliance with minimum standards of judicial decision-making against the need to resolve cases within a reasonable time. The task of court administration is to secure productivity at the collective level and to identify and address deviations or individual difficulties among judges by finding solutions to remove obstacles to the effective exercise of judicial authority.

20.07.2026