...Maria Popova; Vincent Post Do Eastern European courts effectively constrain politicians and uphold the rule of law? Criminal prosecution of grand (high-level) corruption can further the central principle of equal responsibility under the law by demonstrating that even powerful political actors have...

...Teresa Maria Resende Cierco Gomes RETRACTION NOTICE Retraction notice to: Terese Maria Resende Cierco Gomes, “Promoting the rule of law in Serbia. What is hindering the reforms in the justice sector?” This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief in consultation...

... the populist challenge to liberal democracy has to be taken seriously. While there has been significant progress in the development of ‘electoral democracy’ in the region, constitutional liberalism and the rule of law still remain weak. Only strong, independent, and professional legal institutions and respect...

... of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2007 The Regents of the University of California Constitutional court Communist Party Rule of law Democratisation Transition politics Russia The Russian Constitutional Court and the Communist Party case: Watershed or whitewash...

... with the inefficiency of power and the inefficiency of rule of law. * Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Cheloukhine). © 2007 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2007 The Regents of the University of California...

... of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2004 The Regents of the University of California Constitutional court Judicial review Independent judiciary Rule of law Democratization Transition politics Russia Communist and Post-Communist Studies 37 (2004...

..., an in depth empirical investigation of the activity of a single criminal court located in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, represents a step toward filling this gap. This paper concludes that the rule of law has made rather limited inroads in the day-to-day operations of criminal courts in the Russian deep...