Affiliation: Senior legal scientist of the Scientific Research Institute of Law in European University

Abstract: Institutional legitimacy of the judiciary is formally and qualitatively distinct from the legitimacy of political branches and it is considerably more difficult to establish. Judicial legitimacy is built upon the actual and perceived institutional independence and impartiality, and more importantly, through a long process of giving reasoned decisions, as well as, cultivating a public perception of judicial fidelity to law