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The Swedish Judiciary
Göran Bodin
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The Swedish Administrative System
The Parliament
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Government
Government
Government
Ministry A
Ministry B
Ministry of Justice
The Police
The Prosecution
The Judiciary
The Judiciary
GENERAL
ADMINISTRATIVE
COURTS
GENERAL
COURTS
The Supreme
Court
Swedish
National
Courts
Administration
Courts of
Appeal (6)
Administrative
Courts of Appeal (4)
District Courts
(49)
Administrative
Courts (12)
Number of employees
3750, of these are
1150 judges
Rent and Tenancy
Tribunals (8)
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The Supreme
Administrative
Court
Number of employees
2050, of these are 600 judges
The Legal Aid
Authority
The General Courts
District Court
Criminal cases
Civil cases
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Type of cases - district courts
• Criminal cases
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Homicide, assault, sexual assault and related offences
Robbery, theft and related offences
Economic crime and fraud
Minor offences (cases dealt with by a law clerk)
Other offences
• Civil cases
– Family cases
– Minor cases (the matter in dispute is about a small amount)
– Other civil cases
• Environmental cases
• Property cases
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The General Courts
Court of Appeal
Criminal cases
Civil cases
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The General Courts
The Supreme Court
Criminal cases
Civil cases
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The General Administrative Courts
Administrative Courts (14)
Cases between the individual and the public,
i.e. tax cases and cases under the Social Services Act.
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Type of cases - administrative courts
Main categories
• Tax cases
• Social insurance cases
• Cases under the Social Services Act
• Psychiatry cases
• Cases about social welfare
• Migration cases
• Other cases
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The General Administrative Courts
Administrative Courts of Appeal
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The General Administrative Courts
The Supreme Administrative Court
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Objectives from the government (2)
• 75 % of the criminal cases in the District Courts and
the Courts of Appeal should be closed within five
months
• 75 % of the civil cases in the District Courts and the
Courts of Appeal should be closed within seven
months
• 75 % of the cases in the administrative courts should
be closed within sex months
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Performance 2008 (according to the
Government objectives)
Type of court/category of case
Time in months to close 75 % of the cases ( 75
percentile)
Governments
objectives
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Results
2006
2007
2008
District Courts
- Civil cases
- Criminal cases
7,0
5,0
9,5
5,6
9,3
6,0
8,6
5,5
Courts of Appeal
- Civil cases
- Criminal cases
7,0
5,0
10,7
9,2
10,0
9,6
9,7
8,5
Performance 2008 (according to the
Government objectives)
Type of court/category of case
Time in months to close 75 % of the cases ( 75
percentile)
Governments
objectives
Results
2006
2007
2008
6,0
9,1
9,7
8,7
6,0
10,9
10,8
10,0
Administrative Courts
Administrative Courts of Appeal
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Strategic regulations for court buildings
Separate rooms for
prosecutors, lawyers,
witnesses, plaintiffs
etc.
Rooms for discussion,
negotiation and
preparation
There ought to be 4
entrances to the
courtroom for the
different parties
The reception
Court room
A manned reception
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Strategic regulations for court buildings
Offices
• Office premises should be completely separate from the courtrooms.
• No visitors have access to these premises.
• The design of the offices should be flexible to allow for different grouping arrangements
and a changing organisation.
• The offices are adapted to working methods and workgroups – not to person or position.
• The offices should promote an exchange of information between colleagues, thus creating
an open environment with common meeting rooms, file rooms, information areas,
relaxation areas etc.
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The role of the Swedish National Courts
Administration (SNCA)
• The National Courts Administration is a state agency reporting to
the Government
• The National Courts Administration can not interfere with the
courts adjudicating activities (courts and judges are independent)
• The main task is to be responsible for overall coordination and
comprehensive issues for the Swedish Judiciary. This includes
personnel development, training of judges and court staff,
information to courts and the public, providing premises, ITsystems and court technology, resource allocation and court
statistics, budgeting and financial analysis and follow up
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Swedish National Courts Administration
- the organisation
Appointments
Proposals Board
Board
The General Director
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Law Clerk Board
Staff Disciplinary
Board
Internal Audit Office
Legal
Department
Communications
Department
Administration
Department
Security
Department
Development
Department
Human Resources
Department
Finance
Department
IT
Department