Judicial Systems in Transition Economies : Assessing the Past, Looking to the Future
, by Anderson, James H.; Bernstein, David; Gray, Cheryl WilliamsonNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780821361894 | 0821361899
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/15/2005
This study reviews the experience of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in reforming their judicial systems to fit the needs of a market economy, drawing on a variety of data sources. Reformers initially emphasized the passage of laws and the establishment of judicial independence over longer-term institution building. While there is still some way to go to establish an independent judiciary, there is much further to go in creating courts that are responsive, affordable, effective, fair, and honest. Firms' and citizens' views of courts are generally negative and appear to be getting worse in some countries. It is probably fair to say that less overall progress has been made in judicial strengthening than in most other areas of policy and institutional reform since 1990.