The concept of reforming the court system to improve access to justice

Abstract. The concept provides a scientific and legal analysis of the existing system of courts in Ukraine, identifies the main problematic issues in the judicial system of Ukraine, and the directions of its transformation and optimisation. Also, it analysed judicial and procedural legislation regarding the appropriate and effective functioning of courts in the justice system. It provides a study of the experience of reforming the court system of 20 European countries, the possibility of its adaptation to the national legal framework, and examines doctrinal approaches to reforming the judicial system. It includes proposals for reforming and optimising the existing court system, in particular, building a new «map» of local general courts (based on the territorial principle), introducing the priority of internal judicial specialisation over external, changing the approach to court interaction, improving the rules for judicial professional development, changing the jury trial model, etc.

Key words: court, judicial system, system of courts of Ukraine, judicial system reform, building a system of courts based on the territorial principle, judicial specialisation, judicial professional development, jury trial.

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05/2023