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Kelemen [Capannini-Kelemen], Katalin, Associate ProfessorORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0003-3141-4954
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Dahlberg, M. & Kelemen, K. (2025). Constitutional law in the Finnish Supreme Courts: The role of preparatory works and precedents in constitutional interpretation. Retfærd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift (1), 27-43
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Constitutional law in the Finnish Supreme Courts: The role of preparatory works and precedents in constitutional interpretation
2025 (English)In: Retfærd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift, ISSN 0105-1121, no 1, p. 27-43Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article, we analyze constitutional interpretations in the leading constitutional cases bythe Finnish Supreme Court (Korkein oikeus) and the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court (Korkeinhallinto-oikeus), paying particular attention to the use of preparatory works and precedents in constitutionalinterpretations. The article is based on an empirical comparative study in which we analyze theconstitutional reasoning of the Nordic Supreme Courts, using quantitative methods. The article showsthat the Finnish courts (and Nordic courts in general) use legislative intent as an independent argument,a practice that is uncommon outside the Nordics. In addition, the article demonstrates that Finnish courtstend to lack confidence in their own authority, placing greater trust in the Constitutional Law Committeeand exercising self-restraint in constitutional adjudication. Finally, challenges relating to the courts’ deferentialand cautious approach to constitutional interpretation are highlighted.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
DJØF Forlag, 2025
Keywords
constitutional reasoning, preparatory works, precedents, Finland, comparative law, empirical research, Finnish supreme courts, constitutional interpretation
National Category
Law
Research subject
Constitutional Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-120941 (URN)
Funder
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, P20-0110
Available from: 2025-05-07 Created: 2025-05-07 Last updated: 2025-05-08Bibliographically approved
Kelemen, K. (2025). Vörös Imre válogatott különvéleményeinek gyűjteményéről [Review]. Jogtudományi Közlöny (10), 479-481
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vörös Imre válogatott különvéleményeinek gyűjteményéről
2025 (Hungarian)In: Jogtudományi Közlöny, ISSN 0021-7166, no 10, p. 479-481Article, book review (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ORAC Kiadó, 2025
Keywords
dissenting opinions, judicial dissent, constitutional court, judicial decision-making
National Category
Law Other Legal Research
Research subject
Constitutional Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-120942 (URN)10.59851/jk.79.10.6 (DOI)
Available from: 2025-05-07 Created: 2025-05-07 Last updated: 2025-05-08Bibliographically approved
Kelemen, K. & de Miranda, L. (2024). Courts as Anthrobots: Learning from Human Forms of Interaction to Develop a Philosophically Healthy Model for Judicial Automation. International Journal for Court Administration, 15(2)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Courts as Anthrobots: Learning from Human Forms of Interaction to Develop a Philosophically Healthy Model for Judicial Automation
2024 (English)In: International Journal for Court Administration, E-ISSN 2156-7964, Vol. 15, no 2Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Automation of the judicial process has been the subject of debate among researchers and policymakers for some time. Partial automation of the judicial process always involves interaction between humans (judges, jurors, and other parties involved in court proceedings) and machines (software programs). These human-machine collaborations can be considered "anthrobotic systems" and we argue they should be designed with an understanding of the specific groups they are intended to serve. This article proposes a philosophical-conceptual framework that could contribute to a socially and ethically sound automation of court procedures. The automation of court procedures should be to a certain extent optimized for the legal tradition or group ethos in which it is developed and implemented. The concept of esprit de corps can be a useful tool for introducing more pluralism in the design of anthrobotic systems.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
The International Association for Court Administration, 2024
Keywords
courts, anthrobots, judiciary, automation, philosophy, human-machine interaction, esprit de corps
National Category
Law (excluding Law and Society) Philosophy
Research subject
Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-115747 (URN)10.36745/ijca.525 (DOI)2-s2.0-85203297580 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, F20-0004, F22-0056
Available from: 2024-09-02 Created: 2024-09-02 Last updated: 2025-01-20Bibliographically approved
Kelemen, K. (2024). Dissents and Other Separate Opinions. In: Lee Epstein; Gunnar Grendstad; Urška Šadl; Keren Weinshall (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour: (pp. 545-563). Oxford University Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Dissents and Other Separate Opinions
2024 (English)In: The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour / [ed] Lee Epstein; Gunnar Grendstad; Urška Šadl; Keren Weinshall, Oxford University Press, 2024, p. 545-563Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Disagreement among judges has always existed, even though not all courts have been allowed to reveal it. Disagreements between the members of a judicial panel regarding the resolution of a case is referred to as dissent. Such disagreements may be reflected in one or more separate opinions written by the members who remain in the minority with their views. This chapter offers a comparative analysis of the phenomenon of judicial dissent, outlines the existing literature, and highlights areas and questions that require further research. To this end, the chapter first offers a definition of the terminology and then addresses the primary methodological challenges. Subsequently, it examines the main research questions that have captivated scholars studying judicial dissent. In legal research, separate opinions can be in and of themselves the object of research aiming to analyse court practice, and for researchers who study any legal problem, they may serve as a useful source of arguments and possible solutions. The primary research question regarding the practice of judicial dissent is the extent to which judges are influenced by their own political views when making decisions. Finally, the chapter takes a comparative approach, presenting several studies conducted in relation to various jurisdictions, to shed light on dissent and other separate opinions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford University Press, 2024
Keywords
judicial dissent, separate opinions, transparency, judicial decision-making, dissenting opinions
National Category
Law (excluding Law and Society)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-115746 (URN)10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192898579.013.27 (DOI)9780192898579 (ISBN)9780191924835 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-09-02 Created: 2024-09-02 Last updated: 2024-09-03Bibliographically approved
Dahlberg, M., Karlsson, H. L. & Kelemen, K. (2024). The Nordic courts: An example of cooperation and dialogue. In: Kálmán Pócza (Ed.), Constitutional Review in Western Europe: Judicial-Legislative Relations in Comparative Perspective (pp. 288-312). Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Nordic courts: An example of cooperation and dialogue
2024 (English)In: Constitutional Review in Western Europe: Judicial-Legislative Relations in Comparative Perspective / [ed] Kálmán Pócza, Routledge, 2024, p. 288-312Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Today all five Nordic countries are counted among the legal systems that have a decentralized model of judicial review. All Nordic courts have the power of judicial review and may directly apply and enforce their national constitution. They are, however, also traditionally considered to have a model of weak judicial review, as judges are reluctant to use this power and give instead considerable deference to the legislature. The Nordic Supreme Courts have, however, not been an exception from the global trend of rising judicial power. They have often taken a firmer stand on constitutional issues in the last few decades, determining the fundamental questions of politics. In some cases, their decisions even provoked accusations of excessive judicial activism. This chapter, without being able to rely on the JUDICON dataset, will discuss the relationship between judicial and legislative power in the Nordic countries based on doctrinal and, in a smaller part, empirical research carried out in the last three decades.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2024
Keywords
courts, legislature, Nordic countries
National Category
Law (excluding Law and Society)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-115745 (URN)9781032506623 (ISBN)9781032506630 (ISBN)9781003399490 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-09-02 Created: 2024-09-02 Last updated: 2024-09-03Bibliographically approved
Pettersson, N. & Kelemen [Capannini-Kelemen], K. (2024). Yet another case of Nordic exceptionalism? A quantitative approach to an intra-Nordic and an international comparison of supreme courts’ constitutional reasoning. Örebro: Örebro University School of Business
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Yet another case of Nordic exceptionalism? A quantitative approach to an intra-Nordic and an international comparison of supreme courts’ constitutional reasoning
2024 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

We present a systematic quantitative approach how to analyze the reasons that judges in Nordic countries publicly adduce for their decisions in constitutional matters, as implemented in the Nordic CONREASON Project. Based on encodings of forty (per court) purposively selected landmark cases, common traits and patterns of constitutional argumentative practices in each of the Nordic supreme courts were identi ed and an international comparison were made to courts from related studies. Our results provided strong support that, regarding speci c aspects (on a univariate level), one or more courts typically tended to deviate from the other Nordic courts. Also, in a multivariate worldwide comparison there were variation between the Nordic supreme courts. However, although not detached from other supreme courts, the Nordic supreme courts seemed to occupy an area of their own on the international map of constitutional reasoning. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Örebro: Örebro University School of Business, 2024. p. 19
Series
Working Papers, School of Business, ISSN 1403-0586 ; 2024:7
Keywords
constitutional reasoning, quantitative comparative law, empirical legal studies, Nordic exceptionalism, realist decision-making
National Category
Law (excluding Law and Society) Probability Theory and Statistics
Research subject
Statistics; Constitutional Law
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-118470 (URN)
Projects
Nordic CONREASON Project
Funder
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, P20-0110
Available from: 2025-01-15 Created: 2025-01-15 Last updated: 2025-01-15Bibliographically approved
Kelemen [Capannini-Kelemen], K. (2023). Una breve nota sull’impatto della sentenza Dobbsin Ungheria: [A brief note on the impact of the Dobbs decision in Hungary]. BioLaw journal / Rivista di biodiritto (1S), 483-488
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Una breve nota sull’impatto della sentenza Dobbsin Ungheria: [A brief note on the impact of the Dobbs decision in Hungary]
2023 (Italian)In: BioLaw journal / Rivista di biodiritto, ISSN 2284-4503, no 1S, p. 483-488Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In September 2022, a ministerial decree caused a stir in Hungary. The decree in question was intended to require doctors to have the woman listen to the vital signs of the foetus (or embryo) before signing the medical records required to apply for the termination of the pregnancy. The influence of the Dobbs ruling, published by the US Supreme Court two months earlier, comes inevitably to mind. This short note offers a context to and a reflection on this development in Hungary.

Abstract [it]

Nel settembre 2022, un decreto ministeriale ha suscitato scalpore in Ungheria. Tale decreto impone ai medici di far ascoltare i segni vitali del feto (o embrione) alla donna incinta prima di firmare la cartella clinica necessaria per richiedere l’interruzione della gravidanza. Viene spontaneo pensare ad un’associazione con la sentenza Dobbs, pubblicata dalla Corte suprema statunitense due mesi prima. Questa breve nota offre un contesto ed una riflessione su tali sviluppi in Ungheria.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Università di Trento, 2023
Keywords
Abortion, fetal heartbeat, Hungary, constitutional law, right to life, Aborto, battito cardiaco del feto, Ungheria, diritto costituzionale, dirit-to alla vita
National Category
Other Legal Research Criminology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-106842 (URN)10.15168/2284-4503-2584 (DOI)000995234000033 ()2-s2.0-85152273792 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-07-26 Created: 2023-07-26 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Kelemen [Capannini-Kelemen], K. (2021). Legal reasoning in Central and Eastern Europe from a historical perspective. In: Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt; Andreas Moberg; Joakim Nergelius (Ed.), Rule of Law in the EU: 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall (pp. 109-144). Oxford: Hart Publishing Ltd
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Legal reasoning in Central and Eastern Europe from a historical perspective
2021 (English)In: Rule of Law in the EU: 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall / [ed] Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt; Andreas Moberg; Joakim Nergelius, Oxford: Hart Publishing Ltd, 2021, p. 109-144Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Hart Publishing Ltd, 2021
Series
Swedish Studies in European Law ; 15
Keywords
legal reasoning, Central and Eastern Europe
National Category
Law (excluding Law and Society)
Research subject
Legal History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-96629 (URN)9781509941599 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-01-21 Created: 2022-01-21 Last updated: 2024-06-14Bibliographically approved
Kelemen [Capannini-Kelemen], K. (2021). The Facebook Oversight Board: Some thoughts on transparency. Diritti Comparati
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Facebook Oversight Board: Some thoughts on transparency
2021 (English)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Place, publisher, year, pages
Diritti Comparati, 2021. p. 6
National Category
Other Legal Research Criminology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-91854 (URN)
Note

Blog post

Available from: 2021-05-19 Created: 2021-05-19 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Kelemen [Capannini-Kelemen], K. (2020). Dissenting opinions in ordinary courts: A civil law perspective. In: Vittoria Barsotti and Alessandro Simoni (Ed.), Processo e cultura giuridica: Procedure and legal culture (Scritti per gli 80 anni di Vincenzo Varano) (pp. 59-78). Torino: G. Giappichelli Editore
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Dissenting opinions in ordinary courts: A civil law perspective
2020 (English)In: Processo e cultura giuridica: Procedure and legal culture (Scritti per gli 80 anni di Vincenzo Varano) / [ed] Vittoria Barsotti and Alessandro Simoni, Torino: G. Giappichelli Editore, 2020, p. 59-78Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Torino: G. Giappichelli Editore, 2020
National Category
Law Other Legal Research Criminology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-87969 (URN)9788892135987 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-12-09 Created: 2020-12-09 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
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