Reasonable time of a trial and the conception of judicial time management

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.132.59347

Keywords:

reasonable time of a trial, right to a fair trial, judicial time management, optimum timeframe, foreseeable timeframe.

Abstract

The paper addresses a reasonable time of a trial as an element of art. 6 (1) of European Convention on Human Rights within the conception of judicial time management. The author analyses specific features of the judicial time management according to the studies of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ).

Author Biography

Тетяна Андріївна Цувіна, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Candidate of Legal Science,

assistant of Civil Procedure Department,

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2016-04-20

How to Cite

Цувіна, Т. А. (2016). Reasonable time of a trial and the conception of judicial time management. Problems of Legality, (132), 65–74. https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.132.59347

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Civil law and civil procedure. Economic law