The judiciary and judicial education – the example of Germany

Ulrike Schultz

Chapter 7 in Research Handbook on Judging and the Judiciary, 2025, pp 125-147 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter gives an outline of the judicial system in Germany, the qualifications judges and prosecutors acquire, and the judicial career system. In the past, there was no question that the qualifications acquired through training would last for one's working life. With rapid social change, ever faster legal changes, and evolving ideas about legal work and assistance in coping with professional challenges, the need for continuing education has, however, become apparent and has developed into an expanding field in recent decades. This chapter analyses deficits and problems in judicial work and describes and evaluates the practice of judicial education, with reference to European and international measures.

Keywords: Career judiciary; Judicial education; Legal education; Impartiality; Cultural expertise; Decline in court proceedings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781788978736
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