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- Analyzes judicial reforms in post-communist countries in the context of the EU accession process
- Applies theoretical approaches from policy analysis, European studies and democratization studies
- Focuses on the actors of judicial reforms instead of looking only at the outcomes
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contributions to Political Science (CPS)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
The book analyzes the topic of judicial reforms in four countries of South-East Europe, focusing on two specific factors that have influenced the reforms in the past two decades: the role played by the European Union in light of the east Enlargement process and the legacies of the communist regimes. Specifically, the aim is to account for similarities and differences in the reform paths of Slovenia, Romania, Croatia, and Serbia. In each country, in fact, the influence of the EU policies has been differently mediated by national factors that, broadly conceived, may be considered as expressing the legacies of the past regimes. In some cases, these legacies challenged judicial reforms and inhibited the influence of the EU; in other cases, they were positively overcome by following the route suggested by the EU. Some explanatory factors for these differences will be proposed drawing from democratization studies, Europeanization literature, and comparative judicial systems.
The book focuses on countries having different status vis-a` -vis the EU and differently involved, in term of timing, in the EU accession process: some of them are new member states entered in 2004 (Slovenia) or in 2007 (Romania); others were, until recently, acceding countries (Croatia) or candidates to the membership (Serbia). This comparison allows investigation of the power of EU conditionality in different phases of the EU enlargement process.
vis-a` -vis the EU and differently involved, in term of timing, in the EU accession process: some of them are new member states entered in 2004 (Slovenia) or in 2007 (Romania); others were, until recently, acceding countries (Croatia) or candidates to the membership (Serbia). This comparison allows investigation of the power of EU conditionality in different phases of the EU enlargement process.
Authors and Affiliations
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Research Institute on Judicial Systems National Research Council, Bologna, Italy
Cristina Dallara
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democracy and Judicial Reforms in South-East Europe
Book Subtitle: Between the EU and the Legacies of the Past
Authors: Cristina Dallara
Series Title: Contributions to Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04420-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04419-4Published: 17 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37821-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04420-0Published: 08 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2198-7289
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7297
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 124
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Politics, European Law, European Integration, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law