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Title Details:
Efficiency of Justice in Greece
Authors: Pelagidis, Theodoros
Reviewer: Chionis, Dionysios
Subject: LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ECONOMIC SCIENCES > MACROECONOMICS AND MONETARY ECONOMICS
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ECONOMIC SCIENCES > PUBLIC ECONOMICS
Keywords:
The Greek Economy
Economic Crisis
Economic Growth
Structural Reforms
Fiscal Balance
Description:
Abstract:
This chapter examines one particular aspect of the Greek courts: the time they need to dispose cases.
As an indirect measure for the time needed to dispose cases, we use the ratio of cases remaining at
the end of the year to total cases introduced. Using this metric, we document a steady increase in the
time needed to dispose cases. Furthermore, we examine whether staffing with respect to caseload,
and especially the lack of sufficient staffing for a given caseload, is a factor that contributes to the
slow disposition of cases in Greek courts. The data suggest that the ratio of staff to total number of
cases affects the time needed to dispose of cases in appeals courts and higher civil trial courts, but
not in lower civil trial courts or administrative courts. Therefore, the recommendation of the existing
literature, which mainly follows from the analysis of first instance courts, to emphasize measures that
simplify procedures and lead to an increase in accountability and competition, should be adopted, at
least for courts of first instance. For appeals courts, our results suggest that the improvement of the
staff to case ratio may be paired with such measures, while the improvement of the quality of first
instance rulings may reduce the appeals rate. The available data is also used to present the steady
increase in the appeals rate and the lack of a reaction to the documented increase in the budget of the
Ministry of Justice.
Table of Contents:
4.1 Inefficiency of justice in Greece
4.2 Data
4.3 The time to delivery justice in Greece
4.4 Staffing
4.5 Resources, time and dispose of justice
4.6 Appeals courts
4.7 Reforms and conclusions
Technical Editors: Chryssos, Vassilis
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1189
Bibliographic Reference: Pelagidis, T. (2015). Efficiency of Justice in Greece [Chapter]. In Pelagidis, T. 2015. Analysis of the Greek Economy [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/1189
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Analysis of the Greek Economy
Number of pages 15
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions