Seeking efficient management for the judiciary:

An agenda under construction?

Abstract

The purpose of this theoretical essay is to reflect on the current discussion about the management of the Judiciary. We are currently living in a moment of rupture, in a scenario of disproportion between the offer of services and the number of conflicts to be resolved. Co-production has been advocated as an alternative through the participation of users of these services in decision-making. For this  discussion, we bring in the New Public Management that proposes reforms based on the same logic of action that governs private companies. And the New Public Service, which defends productivity and efficiency in a larger context of democracy and public interest. We conclude that there is no dichotomous thought in the construction of a management model that is coherent with the difficulties and the complexity of the provision of justice. But there is a rupture with the conservative past, the search for a new identity, without losing its legitimacy and commitment to democratic principles.