Court administration

Executive model entails core parts of court administration, such as annual budgeting and appointment of judges, to responsible minister (mostly justice, treasury or interior minister) in cabinet inside executive branch of the government. Yet day-to-day parts of court administration, such as case assignment and appointment of court clerks, are usually delegated to chief judge of each court. Example of this model is Federal Courts of Germany, where Federal Ministry of Justice and Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs takes authority for court administration.^[2]

Judicial model, or autonomous model empowers judiciary itself to handle court administration. Example of this model is Federal judiciary of the United States, where Judicial Conference constituted by chief judge of each federal courts makes policy decision, and Administrative Office composed by the Chief Justice executes it.^[3]

El modelo de asociación o de comisión hace que tanto el poder ejecutivo como el judicial sean mutuamente responsables de la administración de los tribunales, mediante la creación de una comisión conjunta independiente. Estas comisiones suelen denominarse « consejo del poder judicial ». Este modelo es popular en los países europeos, aunque la misión específica de cada consejo varía. Por ejemplo, el Consejo Superior de la Magistratura ( Conseil supérieur de la magistrature ) de los tribunales franceses solo es responsable de la gestión de recursos humanos, pero no del presupuesto anual . ^{[ 4 ]}