Piotr Mikuli is a full professor of law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

• 1. Introduction: Conceptualizing Accountability of the Judiciary; Part I: Theoretical Insights; 2. Accountability of the Judiciary as a Constitutional Value; 3. Constitutional identity as an Actor of Judicial Accountability; Part: II Standards; 4. EU standards regarding individual accountability of judges; 5. Challenges of Disciplinary Liability of Judges and Public Prosecutors; 6. In Search of Standards for Judicial Immunity; Part III: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 7. Making Constitutional Judges Accountable for Deliberating: Three Hypotheses and Possible Research; 8. How to Hold Constitution’s Defenders Accountable? Reflections on the Specificity of the Constitutional Judges’ Accountability; Part IV: Samples of Accountability Mechanisms; 9. Autonomy and Boundedness as Internal Values in the Practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union; 10. Vetting as Judicial Integrity Enhancement Tool; 11. The Conundrum of Judicial Accountability and Independence in Military Courts from a Comparative Perspective; 12. Judicial Financial Autonomy: how the Performance-based Budgeting Can Impact on Independence and Accountability of Judges

Piotr Mikuli is a full professor of law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

• 1. Introduction: Conceptualizing Accountability of the Judiciary; Part I: Theoretical Insights; 2. Accountability of the Judiciary as a Constitutional Value; 3. Constitutional identity as an Actor of Judicial Accountability; Part: II Standards; 4. EU standards regarding individual accountability of judges; 5. Challenges of Disciplinary Liability of Judges and Public Prosecutors; 6. In Search of Standards for Judicial Immunity; Part III: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 7. Making Constitutional Judges Accountable for Deliberating: Three Hypotheses and Possible Research; 8. How to Hold Constitution’s Defenders Accountable? Reflections on the Specificity of the Constitutional Judges’ Accountability; Part IV: Samples of Accountability Mechanisms; 9. Autonomy and Boundedness as Internal Values in the Practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union; 10. Vetting as Judicial Integrity Enhancement Tool; 11. The Conundrum of Judicial Accountability and Independence in Military Courts from a Comparative Perspective; 12. Judicial Financial Autonomy: how the Performance-based Budgeting Can Impact on Independence and Accountability of Judges

Piotr Mikuli is a full professor of law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

• 1. Introduction: Conceptualizing Accountability of the Judiciary; Part I: Theoretical Insights; 2. Accountability of the Judiciary as a Constitutional Value; 3. Constitutional identity as an Actor of Judicial Accountability; Part: II Standards; 4. EU standards regarding individual accountability of judges; 5. Challenges of Disciplinary Liability of Judges and Public Prosecutors; 6. In Search of Standards for Judicial Immunity; Part III: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 7. Making Constitutional Judges Accountable for Deliberating: Three Hypotheses and Possible Research; 8. How to Hold Constitution’s Defenders Accountable? Reflections on the Specificity of the Constitutional Judges’ Accountability; Part IV: Samples of Accountability Mechanisms; 9. Autonomy and Boundedness as Internal Values in the Practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union; 10. Vetting as Judicial Integrity Enhancement Tool; 11. The Conundrum of Judicial Accountability and Independence in Military Courts from a Comparative Perspective; 12. Judicial Financial Autonomy: how the Performance-based Budgeting Can Impact on Independence and Accountability of Judges