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On the Issue of Optimizing the Legal and Institutional Foundations of Judicial Selection (Based on the Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
- Authors: Zhaksylykov M.B.1
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Affiliations:
- High Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Issue: No 10 (2025)
- Pages: 45-52
- Section: Public law (state law) studies
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2072-909X/article/view/361357
- ID: 361357
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Abstract
The relevance of this study is determined by the need to establish an effective organizational and legal mechanism for the competitive selection of judges in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The current practice of judicial selection is accompanied by a number of issues, including the subjectivity in evaluating moral and ethical criteria and a low level of public trust. The aim of this article is to conduct a legal and institutional analysis of the existing model of judicial selection, with a focus on identifying factors that hinder an effective, objective, and comprehensive assessment of candidates.
The study employs comparative legal analysis and expert survey methods.
Certain institutional and procedural inconsistencies affecting the efficiency of the selection process are substantiated. The article concludes with proposed measures to modernize the system, including the digitalization of procedures, standardization of evaluation methods, legal consolidation of integrity criteria, and strengthening the independence of judicial selection bodies.
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Murat B. Zhaksylykov
High Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Email: zhmb50919@gmail.com
Head of the Department for Competitive Selection and Personnel Reserve Formation
Kazakhstan, AstanaReferences
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