The Supply and Demand of Justice: What Policy Implications from the EU Justice Scoreboard?

Abstract

Introduction 2 The Scoreboard Underlying Philosophy and the Role of Costs 2.1 Between Rule-of-Law and Economic Considerations 2.2 The Role of Costs 3 Zooming in: Some Findings of the Scoreboard on the Costs of Access to Justice 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Role of Public Budget in Funding Justice 3.3 Court Fees and the Efficiency of Proceedings 3.4 Cost Shifting and Recoverability of Lawyer Fees 3.5 Legal Aid and Consumer Access to Justice 3.6 Availability of Information on Court and Legal Fees 4 Towards a Taxonomy System of the Scoreboard Cost-Related Information 4.1 Background 4.2 Components of Synthetic Indicators 4.3 States' Subsidies 4.4 Litigants' Fees 4.5 Legal Aid 5 Highlighting Trends 5.1 Progressive Development Identified 5.2 The Gradual Shift of Focus Towards the Demand Side 5.3 The Growth of Data 5.4 The Commission's Experimental Approach 6 Zooming Out: The Role of Cost-Related Information in the Concept of Access to Justice 7 Conclusions References This publication is made possible by the funding of the Vici project 'Affordable Access to Justice: towards sustainable cost and funding mechanisms for civil litigation in Europe' (project no VI. C.191.082), financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). See www.euciviljustice.eu.