The Limitation of the Training Discourse for Continuing Professional Development of Judges

Abstract

This paper deals with the constraints faced in the effective delivery of judicial training. It discusses obstacles that may confront the judicial professionalization project aimed through the training discourse, thus failing the training discourse in its judicial reform objectives. The paper focuses on the institutional arrangements that undermine the goal of judicial professionalization, specific environmental factors that demotivate judges in the learning process, and the socio-legal environment that hinder raising skills and abilities in judges. Important research questions investigated herein are: what kind of impediments are there in the path of professionalization of the judiciary? Are these impediments universal in character? What specific impediments constrain raising knowledge, skills and professional abilities in judges? How much failure can be attributed to the trainees, trainers, system and the status of trainees?