State of Law in the South Caucasus

KAREN ANDREASYAN Assistant Professor, Law Department, Yerevan State University, ArmeniaSARA ANJARGOLIAN Policy Advisor and Deputy City Attorney, Rocky Delgadillo's office, USANANCY SHARP NTI ASARE Member, State Bar of New Mexico and Tenth Court of Appeals in Denver, USAALLISON MORRILL CHATRCHYAN Post-Doctoral Fellow, Bard College, Center for Environmental Policy, USACHARLES ROBERT DAVIDSON Lecturer in International law, Khazar University, AzerbaijanMARINA GULEDANI Lecturer in International Trade Law, Tbilisi State University, GeorgiaGULARA GULIYEVA PhD Student, Institute of Philosophy and Law of Azerbaijan's Academy of Sciences, AzerbaijanERIK S. HERRON Asssitant Professor of Political Science, University of Kansas, USAIRAKLI G. MIRZASHVILI Law Student, University of Houston, USAANNEKE R. SMIT Lecturer and Doctoral Candidate, School of Law and European Studies, University of Reading, UKCHRISTOPH H. STEFES Assistant Professor in Comparative European and Post-Soviet Studies, University of Colarado at Denver, USAAMANDA E. WOODEN Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University, USACLAUDE ZULLO Regional Deputy Country Director, American Bar Association's Central European and Euroasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI), USA

• Introduction; C.P.M.Waters PART 1: ROLE OF THE STATE Clash of Institutions Clientelism and Corruption versus Role of Law; C.H.Stefes 'Georgians Cannot Help Being Original'; The Evolution of Election Rules in the Republic of Georgia; E.S.Herron & I. Mirzashvili Democratization and the Rule of Law in Azerbaijan: Europe's Relevance; G.Guliyeva Rule of Law in the Secessionist States; C.P.M.Waters PART 2: LAWYERING Lawyers in the Caucasus: Climbing out of the Communist Shadow; C.Zullo Legal Education in Azerbaijan: Past, Present, and Future Challenges; C.R.Davidson & N.S.N.Asare PART 3: REGULATION The Legal Basis for Business in Georgia; M.Guledani Regulation and Reform in Telecommunications; K.Andreasyan Linking Rule of Law and Environmental Policy Reform in Armenia and Georgia; A.M.Chatrchyan & A.E.Wooden PART 4: VULNERABLE GROUPS AND THE LAW Armenia's Women in Transition; S.Anjargolian Protecting Housing and Property Rights of the Displaced in Georgia; A.R.Smit

'...an informative and well written book...essential reading for anyone interested in rule of law discourse in general or the legal reform in post-revolutionary societies in particular.' - Sudhir Krishnaswamy, The Law and Politics