Democracy and Judicial Reforms in South-East Europe

Cristina Dallara is permanent researcher in Political Science at the Research Institute on Judicial Systems of the National Research Council (IRSIG-CNR) in Bologna. In 2006, she held a PhD in Political Science at the University of Florence and later on, a biannual post-doc fellowship from the University of Bologna. In 2011-2012, she was Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute of Florence. Her research interests relate to public policies, public administration, judicial and anti-corruption policies, EU enlargement and democratization. She was also involved as expert by the Council of Europe and OSCE in studies for the evaluation quality of justice and judicial independence in transitional countries. From 2009 to 2012 she was in the Board of coordinators of the EU Life Long Learning funded project “Menu for Justice”.

• Foreword.- Introduction.- 1 Judicial Reforms in SEE Democratising Countries. Towards a Contextualized Framework for the Analysis.- 2 Smoother Judicial Reforms in Slovenia and Croatia: Does Legacy of the Past Matter?.- 3 The Successful Laggard in Judicial Reform: Romania Before and After the Accession.- 4 The Long and Disputed Judicial Reform Process in Serbia: Legacies of the Past and Predominant National Actors.- 5 EU Driven Judicial Reforms Between Legacies and National Actors' Strategies: Any Lessons Drawn?.