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Judicial Proceedings Must Be Weighted Instead of Just Counted

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|Jun 2024

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Table 1

Calculation example for the aggrgated weighted caseload.

CASE TYPEASSIGNED WEIGHTIN MINUTES*NUMBER OF INCOMING CASES IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR=WEIGHTED CASELOADPER CASE TYPEWEIGHTED CASELOADIN TOTAL
A50*50=2,500111,334
B121*80=9,680
C676*60=40,560
D1279*22=28,138
E183*42=7,686
F414*55=22,770
Table 2

Calculation example for the Judge day value and the Judge year value.

JUDGE DAY VALUE
8.5 daily working hours1 h for breaks and personal time1 h for non-case- related tasks=6.5 h=390 minutes
JUDGE YEAR VALUE
Number of annual workdays (201)*Judge day value (390 m)=A single judge year (8,190 m)*Number of judge positions (11)=90,090 m
Table 3

Objectives of the case weighting systems.12

COUNTRYESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF JUDGES NEEDEDASSIGNMENT OF PROCEEDINGS WITHIN THE OFFICEDISTRIBUTION OF JUDGES IN THE VARIOUS OFFICESDISTRIBUTION OF NEW (ONLY) JUDGES IN VARIOUS OFFICESVALUATION OF OFFICE PRODUCTIVITYOTHER OBJECTIVESVALUATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Total151498976
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia- Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Romania
Serbia
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
Figure 1

A scale to assess CW models based on their level of accuracy, detail and research effort.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36745/ijca.579 | Journal eISSN: 2156-7964
Language: English
Page range: 4 - 4
Published on: Jun 10, 2024
Published by: International Association for Court Administration
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2024 Marco Fabri, Shanee Benkin, published by International Association for Court Administration
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.