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
- The Supreme Court Bulletin No 9: October 2014 (p.12-50)
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
- The Supreme Court organises the conference „Courts in Legal Culture Space”, Information of the Supreme Court, April 7, 2014
- Zelma Strupka. The lawyer: Trust to courts is a question of collective responsibility. (in Latvian) Leta, April 14, 2014
- Administrative courts have operated in Latvia for ten years. (in Latvian) Latvijas Radio 1, 14.04.2014.
- Importance of legal culture of the society in work of courts is updated at the conference of the Supreme Court. Information of the Supreme Court, April 15, 2014
- Lolita Čigāne. Courts and politicians in one boat. (in Latvian) Diena.lv, April 16, 2014, Ir.lv., April 17,2014
- Dina Gailīte, Gatis Litvins. The conference on relation between courts and politicians, media and society.(in Latvian) Jurista Vārds, April 22, 2014
- Gatis Litvins. Supremacy of applier of law over statutes.(in Latvian) Jurista Vārds, April 22, 2014
- Mudīte Luksa. What does the society think about courts and how much important is it? (in Latvian) LVportāls, April 24, 2014
- Sandis Bērtaitis. Criticism of work of courts: whether the court may to go wrong at all.(in Latvian)Jurista Vārds, April 29, 2014
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
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