The new Edition of the report of the European Commission for the Efficiency of

Justice (CEPEJ), which evaluates the functioning of the judicial systems in

46 Council of Europe's member states, remains in line with the process carried

out since 2002. Relying on a methodology which has already proven itself in

order to collect and process a wide number of quantitative and qualitative judicial

data, this unique study has been conceived above all as a tool for public policy

aimed at improving the efficiency and the quality of justice. To have the knowledge

in order to be able to understand, analyse and reform, such is the objective of

the CEPEJ which has prepared this report, intended for policy makers, legal

practitioners, researchers as well as for those who are interested in the functioning

of justice in Europe.