Purpose

European justice systems are facing a dramatic performance crisis due to the frequent inability to resolve cases without incurring unreasonable delays and backlogs. In this framework, the Italian Judicial system places itself well below the European countries average, in terms of speed of resolution of administrative, civil and criminal trials. The purpose of the paper was to (1) identify factors affecting Italian judicial system efficiency and (2) identify potential actions to manage them, improving judicial system efficiency.

Design/methodology/approach

In order to achieve the aims of this paper, a systematic review to map all critical factors discussed in previous studies was performed. Studies were extracted from Google Scholar, Web of Science and SSRN databases. In total, 22 studies were included.

Findings

The identified factors of inefficiency of the Italian judicial system have been divided into three macro-classes depending on whether they concern human resource management, the judicial process or whether they pertain to internal or external outside the judicial organization. For each of these, possible strategies have been developed in a new conceptual framework.

Originality/value

The framework seeks to assist policymakers in forming policy measures that can significantly increase court effectiveness. This is the first attempt to review and map all factors affecting judicial system efficiency systematically, providing a new conceptual framework to manage them.

中文翻译：

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影响司法系统效率的因素：以意大利为重点的系统性绘图审查

目的

由于经常无法在不造成不合理拖延和积压的情况下解决案件，欧洲司法系统正面临严重的绩效危机。在此框架下，意大利司法系统在行政、民事和刑事审判的解决速度方面远低于欧洲国家的平均水平。本文的目的是（1）确定影响意大利司法系统效率的因素；（2）确定管理这些因素、提高司法系统效率的潜在行动。

设计/方法论/途径

为了实现本文的目标，我们对先前研究中讨论的所有关键因素进行了系统回顾。研究摘自 Google Scholar、Web of Science 和 SSRN 数据库。总共纳入了 22 项研究。

发现

已确定的意大利司法系统效率低下的因素根据是否涉及人力资源管理、司法程序或是否涉及司法组织内部或外部，分为三个宏观类别。对于其中每一个，都在新的概念框架中制定了可能的策略。

原创性/价值

该框架旨在协助政策制定者制定可显着提高法院效率的政策措施。这是系统地审查和绘制影响司法系统效率的所有因素的首次尝​​试，为管理这些因素提供了新的概念框架。