Informal Judicial Institutions: Invisible Determinants of Democratic Decay (INFINITY).

No matter how perfect the formal design of an independent judicial system with clear, respected, formal rules is, the role of courts and judicial systems may be influenced by informal practices, which could contribute to or counter a democratic decay. The INFINITY project, hosted by Masarykova univerzita (Brno), conduct san in-depth comparative legal study combining sociological and political sciences, while focusing on the analysis of differences in informal judicial systems and their role in 'new' and 'old' EU Member States.

Keywords:JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, COURT

Disciplines:Constitutional law

Project type:Service project