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
Speakers of the third part: Jautrite Briede, Arvids Dravnieks, Baiba Broka, Janis Ikstens and Gatis Litvins
Place and time of the Conference: 14 April 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” (“Lawyer’s Word”)
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
The Programme of the Conference
ALLOCUTIONS
Ivars BICKOVICS, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Acquiring of pure grain from bad winnower is impossible
Kristine STRADA-ROZENBERGA, the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia
Trust to courts isa question of collective responsibility (in Latvian)
COURTS AND POLITICIANS
Insight into subject: moderator Veronika KRUMINA, the Chair of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court
Dr.iur. Janis 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
Relations between courts and politicians – insight into history (presentation in Latvian)
Lolita CIGANE, the member of the 11th Saeima
Dynamics of relations between Latvian legislator and courts: politician’s view (presentation in Latvian)
Dr.h.c. Egils LEVITS, the judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Interaction of branches of power in law governed state
Gunārs KUSINS, the judge of the Constitutional Court
Reflection of quality and quantity of legislation in courts’ work
COURTS and MEDIA
Insight into subject (presentation in Latvian): moderator Dina GAILITE, editor-in chief of the journal “Jurista Vārds”
Anita KOVALEVSKA, judge of the Administrative regional court, doctoral student at the University of Latvia
Judge’s work in the limelight of media and society (presentation in Latvian)
Dr.iur. Martins MITS, Pro-rector of the Riga Graduate School of Law
Margins of criticism of courts – standards of the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and practice of Latvia
Dr.iur. Irena KUCINA, Deputy State Secretaryon Court Issues of the Ministry of Justice
Publishing of case-law as one of instruments of openness of a court
Dr.sc.soc. Anda ROZUKALNE, the Head of the Department of Communication Studies of the Faculty of communication of Riga Stradins University
Significance of media quality in reflecting of work of courts (presentation in Latvian)
COURTS AND SOCIETY
Insight into subject: moderator Arvids DRAVNIEKS, the Head of the work group on elaboration of the Administrative Procedure Law, the Director of the Public Law Institute
Dr.sc.pol. Janis IKSTENS, the Director of the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia
Why society is disposed critically towards courts (presentation in Latvian)
Dr.iur. Jautrite 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
The judge in cross-fire of public criticism
Dr.iur. Gatis LITVINS, the Director of the Institute of Notaries, editor of the journal “Jurista Vārds” in judicial issues
Alternative methods of prevention and resolution of disputes as opportunity of making court more effective (presentation in Latvian)
Baiba BROKA, the Minister of Justice
Quality of legal education as condition of functioning of law governed and democratic state (theses in Latvian)
MATERIALS OF THE CONFERENCE
The Supreme Court Bulletin No 9: October 2014 (p.12-50)
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
