Legal Change in Post-Communist States

Progress, Reversions, Explanations

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Reformers had high hopes that the end of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union would lead to significant improvements in legal institutions and the role of law in public administration. However, the cumulative experience of 25 years of legal change since communism has been mixed, marked by achievements and failures, advances and moves backward. This book—written by a team of socio-legal scholars—probes the nuances of this process and starts the process to explain them. It covers developments across the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and it deals with both legal institutions (courts and police) and accountability to law in public administration, including anti-corruption activities. In explaining their findings, the authors probe the impact of such factors as the type of political regime (democratic to authoritarian), international influences (such as the European Union), and culture (legal and political). The volume’s contributors are: Mihaela Serban, Kim Lane Scheppele, Kriszta Kovacs, Alexei Trochev, Peter Solomon, Olga Semukhina, Maria Popova, Vincent Post. Marina Zaloznaya, William Reisinger, Vicki Hesli Claypool, Kaja Gadowska, and Elena Bogdanova.

• Reihe: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat
• ISBN: 9783838213125
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2019
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: ibidem
• Beiträge von: Elena Bogdanova
• Reihe herausgegeben von: Andreas Umland
• Beiträge von: Kaja Gadowska, Peter H. Solomon Jr., Vicki Hesli Claypool, Kaja Gadowska, Kriszta Kovacs, Maria Popova, Vincent Post, William Reisinger, Kim Lane Scheppele, Olga Semukhina, Mihaela Serban, Jr. Solomon, Alexei Trochev, Marina Zaloznaya