EU Rule of Law Promotion

MarkoKmezić is a Lecturer and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria.

• Part One1. IntroductionSouth Eastern Europe in TransitionFraming the ChallengeBook StructureThe Innovative and Broader Impact of the Book 2. The Elusive Essence of the Rule of Law The Problem of KnowledgeLegal Bedrock: Rule of Law and Judicial ReformRule of Law in the Process of EU AccessionRule of Law Conditionality as a Requirement for Judicial ReformElusive Essence of Judicial GovernanceConcluding Analysis 3. Theory: Europeanization by Rule of Law Implementation EuropeanizationEuropeanization in Candidate CountriesEuropeanization by Rule of Implementation – Missing Links 4. Research Design: Cases and Methods The Analytical FrameworkResearch FocusReconceptualization of the "Spiral Theory"Cases and Methods Part Two5. Legacies of the Past as Obstacles to the EU Rule of Law Promotion IntroductionLegacies of the Social Legal CulturePost-Communist LegaciesConcluding Analysis 6. Western Balkans in the EU’s Waiting Room State of Play: Western or ‘Restern’ BalkansEU Approach to EnlargementBosnia and HerzegovinaKosovoMacedoniaMontenegroSerbiaBeyond the Autopilot Mode? 7. Judicial Reforms in the Western BalkansIndependence of the JudiciaryAccountability of the JudiciaryEfficiency of the JudiciaryEffectiveness of the Judiciary Part Three8. Comparative AnalysisIntroductionMeasuring the Results 9. Scope, Depth and Limits of EU Rule of Law Promotion in the Western BalkansDoes the Rule of Law Promotion in EU Candidate Countries Work?Mediating Factors and ConstrainsWrong Assumptions 10. ConclusionsTheoretical ConclusionsThe Way Forward: Policy Recommendations