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L'Italie a l'une des durées de procédure judiciaire les plus longues des pays européens, tant au civil qu'au pénal. Le plan national italien pour la relance et la résilience, approuvé par la Commission européenne, exige que l'Italie atteigne des objectifs et des jalons contraignants en matière d'amélioration des procédures judiciaires afin de recevoir les fonds européens qui seront également utilisés dans les autres domaines couverts par la facilité de l'UE pour la relance et la résilience. Le gouvernement italien a élaboré une stratégie pour atteindre ces objectifs. Cet article aborde deux des principales actions de cette stratégie : la réforme des codes de procédure civile et pénale et la mise en place d'un « bureau du juge ».

This paper presents the findings of a qualitative, empirical study on the distribution of cases among judges in six European countries. Case assignment is one of the main issues of court organizations, because it touches upon some of the essential aspects of rendering justice: judicial independence and impartiality, court flexibility and efficiency. This research was organized around four main issues: a) institutional court settings of the nations considered in this study, b) principles and general rules applicable to internal case assignment in the judicial systems included in this examination, c) internal court organization related to case assignment rules, practices and instruments, d) internal case assignment systems, which explores in some detail the practice of case assignment in the courts. The research shows that case assignment is the product of a process that balances the values of judicial impartiality and court organisation efficiency. In this article we present the factors affecting this process and the main differences between the countries of our sample. According to the research findings, one priority dominates the case assignment systems in all the countries of our sample: balancing the caseload amongst judges in terms of quantity and quality of cases.

Caseflow Management Handbook – Guide for Enhanced Court Administration in Civil Proceedings The aim of the handbook is to provide a practical facilitation guide and source of ideas for improvement, as well as provide general analysis, guidelines and advices for carrying out improvement work in courts. The handbook focuses on civil proceedings. The handbook consists of five main chapters: • Legislative measures for timeliness in civil proceedings • Judicial case management • Performance management • Use of ICT in court proceedings • EU cross-border disputes. Each main chapter is divided to several improvement areas. Each of the improvement areas contains analysis and description of the general improvement needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as practical improvement examples from different European countries. More examples of European practices can be found from the site Inventory of Caseflow Management practices. The handbook is based on literature, interviews and expert workshops. Literature reviews has been used to formulate the subjects and improvement areas and to conduct general analysis of them. The examples presented in the handbook are collected and formulated based on individual interviews (judges, clerks, court administrators and court managers) and available court improvement material. At the moment the handbook includes examples altogether from 12 different European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden). The role of the examples is to give a short and enliven overview of practical experiences related to the subject at hand. Examples are formulated diversely: including both broader descriptions of procedures, as well as more detailed practice explanations and individual opinions. Expert workshops have been arranged to analyze, refine and summarize the results from literature reviews and interviews. Court operation experts (both practitioners and academics) have participated to the workshops.