Paper's abstract

Vincenzo Marinelli, Remarks on Liability and the Administration of the Courts
The author first explores the concept: "administration of the courts". The following analysis -- which highlights different types of civil and criminal liability in this area, with a focus on Italian law in a comparative perspective -- shows the difficulty in identifying exact limits on various aspects of liable conduct that may be attributed to a chief judge of a court (culpa in vigilando, culpa in eligendo, etc.). This examination supports the need to judge severely but also prudently, and it underscores the importance of going beyond a strict judicial point of view in favor of practising an "ethic of responsibility".

Key Words : Liability, administration of the courts
t. 43, 1999, p. 253-257

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