Administrative justice from the perspective of Jana Baricová – a judge who participated in the creation of the Code of Administrative Procedure

In the sixth installment of the Administrative Podcast, we discussed the topic “Administrative Justice through the Eyes of Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic” with Jana Baricová, a judge of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic.

Jana Baricová has been involved in administrative justice for more than twenty years. While still a member of the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic, she participated in the preparation of the Code of Administrative Procedure. She has been a judge of the Constitutional Court since 2014. She is also a member of several legislative groups, the author of many commentaries on various legal regulations, represents the Slovak Republic in the Venice Commission, lectures and publishes.

The interview begins with an overview of the current situation at the Constitutional Court. Jana Baricová does not omit the burning topic of the enormously high backlog of cases at the Constitutional Court in recent years, as well as the issue of the incomplete composition of the judiciary and the related complications in decision-making. Listeners and viewers will learn what Jana Baricová thinks about the frequent changes to the Constitution of the Slovak Republic and she will also touch on why people consider the Constitutional Court to be the last hope and how she herself perceives the position of the Constitutional Court and its decision-making process.

Jana Baricová recalls her early career as a judge, her work on the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court, and her participation in the creation of various legal regulations. In this context, she describes the process of creating the Code of Administrative Procedure from the perspective of a member of the recodification commission and evaluates how the Code has proven itself in practice. She also touches on the topics of institutional independence of administrative judiciary, institutional credibility and the ways in which courts can gain or maintain it, cooperation and relations between the Constitutional and Supreme Administrative Courts, and the current issue of transferring the agenda of delays in proceedings from the Constitutional Court to the Supreme Administrative Court. In conclusion, Jana Baricová takes stock of her work as a judge to date.

Listen to an interview with a judge for whom the most beautiful thing about the judicial profession is freedom. You can find the sixth episode of the Administrative Podcast on these platforms: