eprintid: 10103299
rev_number: 14
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/10/10/32/99
datestamp: 2020-07-01 14:47:04
lastmod: 2020-09-01 21:38:29
status_changed: 2020-07-01 14:47:04
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Taffoni, G
title: Supporting rule of law from abroad: a comparative assessment of two post-Arab Spring judicial reforms
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
keywords: comparative analysis; European judicial support; Euro-Mediterranean relations; judicial policies; rule of law
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abstract: In the Southern Mediterranean region, the European Union (EU) supports the establishment of rule of law, pressuring for both the adoption of institutional guarantees of judicial independence and the enhancement of court administration capabilities. Drawing on a set of interviews with key EU and domestic actors, this study compares Morocco and Jordan, examining changes adopted at the institutional and administrative level since the ‘Arab Spring’ broke out. The findings show that external incentives for change penetrated only the administrative level of domestic judicial systems, while a path-dependent effect persisted at the institutional level. The evidence confirms the thesis that in areas of low politics even a mere normative pressure is able to drive rule adoption, whereas in more sensitive policy areas, as in the case of institutional judicial guarantees, the higher costs of adaptation make veto players resistant to external influences for change.
date: 2020-03
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2019.17
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1718597
doi: 10.1017/ipo.2019.17
lyricists_name: Taffoni, Gaia
lyricists_id: GTAFF25
actors_name: Taffoni, Gaia
actors_id: GTAFF25
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
volume: 50
number: 1
pagerange: 70-86
citation:        Taffoni, G;      (2020)    Supporting rule of law from abroad: a comparative assessment of two post-Arab Spring judicial reforms.                   Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica , 50  (1)   pp. 70-86.    10.1017/ipo.2019.17 <https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2019.17>.       Green open access   
 
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