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About Supreme Court

Courts in Legal Culture Space

Time and venue of the Conference

April 14, 2014, the Great Hall of the University of Latvia

Organizers of the Conference

The Supreme Court in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia and journal „Jurista Vārds” 

Participants

Judges, assistants and advisers of administrative courts, courts of general jurisdiction and the Constitutional Court; the Council for the Judiciary and institutions associated with legal system; the Legal Bureau of the Saeima (Parliament; lecturers and students of higher educational institutions; advocates; notaries; bailiffs; lawyers of ministries and other public administration institutions; non-governmental organizations; representatives of media

Programme of the Conference

OPENING SPEECHES

Acquiring of pure grain from bad winnower is impossible

  • Ivars BIČKOVIČS, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Trust in courts is a matter of collective responsibility 

  • Kristīne STRADA-ROZENBERGA, the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia

​​COURTS AND POLITICIANS

Moderator Veronika KRŪMIŅA, the Chair of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court

Relations between courts and politicians – insight into history (presentation in Latvian)

  • Dr.iur. Jānis PLEPS, the senior adviser of the Legal Bureau of the Saeima, the Head of the Department of Theory of Law and Historical Sciences of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia

Dynamics of relations between Latvian legislator and courts: politician’s view (presentation in Latvian)

  • Lolita ČIGĀNE, the member of the 11th Saeima

Interaction of branches of power in law governed state

  • Dr.h.c. Egils LEVITS, the judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Reflection of quality and quantity of legislation in courts’ work

  • Gunārs KUSIŅS, the judge of the Constitutional Court

COURTS and MEDIA

Moderator Dina GAILĪTE, editor-in chief of the journal “Jurista Vards” (presentation in Latvian)

Judge’s work in the limelight of media and society (presentation in Latvian)

  • Anita KOVAĻEVSKA, judge of the Administrative regional court, doctoral student at the University of Latvia

Margins of criticism of courts – standards of the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and practice of Latvia

  • Dr. iur. Mārtiņš MITS, Pro-rector of the Riga Graduate School of Law

Publishing of case-law as one of instruments of openness of a court

  • Dr. iur. Irēna KUCINA, Deputy State Secretary on Court Issues of the Ministry of Justice

Significance of media quality in reflecting of work of courts (presentation in Latvian)

  • Dr. sc. soc. Anda ROŽUKALNE, the Head of the Department of Communication Studies of the Faculty of communication of Riga Stradins University

COURTS AND SOCIETY

Moderator Arvīds DRAVNIEKS, the Head of the work group on elaboration of the Administrative Procedure Law, the Director of the Public Law Institute

Why society is disposed critically towards courts (presentation in Latvian)

  • Dr. sc. pol. Jānis IKSTENS, the Director of the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia

The judge in cross-fire of public criticism

  • Dr. iur. Jautrīte BRIEDE, the judge of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court, the Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia

Alternative methods of prevention and resolution of disputes as opportunity of making court more effective (presentation in Latvian)

  • Dr. iur. Gatis LITVINS, the Director of the Institute of Notaries, editor of the journal “Jurista Vārds” in judicial issues

Quality of legal education as condition of functioning of law governed and democratic state (theses in Latvian)

  • Baiba BROKA, the Minister of Justice

MATERIALS OF THE CONFERENCE

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Judges of administrative courts – present and former – in ceremonial photo. From the first “call” of judges of administrative courts on 1 February 2004, at present 14 judges work in administrative courts

Judges of administrative courts – present and former – in ceremonial photo. From the first “call” of judges of administrative courts on 1 February 2004, at present 14 judges work in administrative courts

Heads of administrative courts: (from the left) Ilze Freimane, the Chair of the Administrative district court; Maris Vigants, the Chair of the Administrative regional court and Veronika Krumina, the Chair of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court

Heads of administrative courts: (from the left) Ilze Freimane, the Chair of the Administrative district court; Maris Vigants, the Chair of the Administrative regional court and Veronika Krumina, the Chair of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court

Lecturers of Session I of the Conference: Zane Petersone, Edite Vernusa, Aigars Strupiss, Jaana Lints and Gediminas Sagatys

Lecturers of Session I of the Conference: Zane Petersone, Edite Vernusa, Aigars Strupiss, Jaana Lints and Gediminas Sagatys

Lecturers of Session II of the Conference: Dina Gailite, Signe Terihova, Edvins Danovskis, Janis Pleps and Janis Lazdins

Lecturers of Session II of the Conference: Dina Gailite, Signe Terihova, Edvins Danovskis, Janis Pleps and Janis Lazdins

Speakers of the third part: Jautrite Briede, Arvids Dravnieks, Baiba Broka, Janis Ikstens and Gatis Litvins

Speakers of the third part: Jautrite Briede, Arvids Dravnieks, Baiba Broka, Janis Ikstens and Gatis Litvins