Fair Trial as the Foundation for Court Ethics

('After introductory commentary wherein, among other things, it is stated that the conventional', 'right to fair trial is also applicable to administrative courts which in the Republic of Croatia are a', 'constituent part of judicial power, the author discusses the most important aspects of the right to fair', 'trial, that is, the right to independent and impartial trial, right to just legal proceedings and the right', 'to trial within a reasonable time frame. Also analysed is the competent practice of the European', 'Court for Human Rights and the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia.', 'Further discussed are the conditions necessary for achieving fair trial. Certain amendments to the', 'national Code of Judicial Ethics are proposed in order for it to consist of, like ethical principles, all', 'the above mentioned aspects of the right to fair trial.'