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Well, I am no expert but at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_judge#Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_judge#Germany it states that in Germany "Lay judge
by runarb 13y ago
Well, I am no expert but at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_judge#Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_judge#Germany it states that in Germany "Lay judges are selected by a selection committee from lists that are passed by the municipal councils". Almost the same prosses as in Sweeden where "Municipal assemblies appoint lay judges for the district courts" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_Sweden#Lay_judges http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_Sweden#Lay_judges .
I believe that a German municipal council and a Swedish municipal assembly is basicly the same, and both are staffed with elected officials ( aka "politicians").
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- Uchikoma 13y agoIt's complicated in Germany, I don't know about Sweden. In Germany a list of lay judges is generated. Either by random, by committees, churches, unions etc. This is not defined. Then the municipal assembly takes this list and filters those of the list that should not become lay judges. The list goes to the court and the court then votes with a committee the lay judges (two third majority). It might be subject to discussion, to me this is not identical to "Appointed by politicians".