Since the early 1970s, when the third major historical wave of democratization began, the Muslim world has seen little evidence of improvements in reaching for this new wave of political reform. As more and more countries around the world are embracing openness, transparency and…
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The judiciary in Kenya has been progressively viewed as subservient to the executive, an upholder of state power and a poor protector of citizens’ rights. The rejection of the judiciary as an independent and impartial arbiter of disputes was a major contributor to the post-elect…
The European Union has been the primary promoter of democracy and rule of law to its neighbors to the east. Much of the early scholarship as well as official documents on the EU’s transfer of norms to the east have shown some degree of optimism and expectation of serious reforms…
This work tackles the problem of how to promote security sector reform (SSR) progress in states transitioning to democracy – and extremely important goal (given SSR’s connection to long-term stability as well as the well-being of ordinary citizens) that is unfortunately attempte…
This dissertation is at the intersection of sociology of law, international law, and human rights, exploring the factors leading to the adoption of policy measures in transitional justice settings. Relying on interview data and analysis of legal archives, this dissertation recon…
Constitutional stability is usually perceived as an invaluable asset in democratic regimes. Constitutional amendments become suspicious when they occur too often, particularly in countries newly engaged in the democratic process. This dissertation argues that recent constitution…
Inconvenient Justice argues for a more nuanced understanding of the dynamic "local" that goes beyond the realm of a cultural framework. Correspondingly, it suggests that conceptualization of the "local" needs to be problematized further to expose the tensions and hierarchies of …
Counterterrorism efforts in the short term are comprised of military and law enforcement activity (not least those focused on capturing or killing malicious actors). However, in the long term, such activity may not be sufficient to reduce the creation of the next generation of t…
Bu çalışma çerçevesinde, siyasi iktidarın sınırlarının hukuk aracılığıyla belirlenmesi olarak tanımlanabilecek hukukun üstünlüğü kavramının tarihsel ilerleme boyunca temellendiği felsefi doktrinler incelenmiştir. Doktora çalışması iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Birinci bölümde Antik…
In a broad sense, the states comprising the Commonwealth Caribbean have shared a common historical development arguably rooted in their colonial history. The social composition of the region is largely cosmopolitan, reflecting a meeting of various races and ethnicities, who are …
This research is the first exploratory survey of rule of law officials in Iraq. Prior to this research, little has been done to examine whether U.S. rule of law efforts in Iraq were informed by a proper knowledge of the culture and criminal justice systems of Iraq and whether th…
Many democracies throughout the developing world have representative government constituted through free and fair elections and yet struggle to provide good governance for its citizens. Rule of law is often invoked as a palliative but remains a heavily contested concept in the l…
Do external factors facilitate or hamper domestic democratic development? Do international actors influence the development of the rule of law in domestic systems? How should we conceptualize, identify and evaluate the extent and nature of international influence? More pragmatic…