Beyond the Rhetorics of Compliance Judicial Reform in Romania /

• Main Author: Hipper, Anitta M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2015.
• Subjects: Political science.; Comparative politics.; Public policy.; International relations.; Political Science and International Relations.; International Relations.; Comparative Politics.; Public Policy.

Anitta M. Hipper examines to what extent and under what conditions the EU's transformative power met with resistance in Romania. The book touches upon a raw nerve for most post-communist societies: justice and anti-corruption reform. Through the use of a context-sensitive approach, it assesses...

Table of Contents:

• Conceptualizing the rule of law
• Justice reforms
• The transformative power of the EU
• Main features of the Romanian communist regime
• The reactions of the EU – Green light for accession under the new conditionality
• Veto players and stakes.