What is it about?
States that are negotiating or aspiring to become EU members are guided by the European Union in improving fundamental aspects of governance, such as rule of law. The EU conditions and recommendations, however, do not always lead to viable institutions, but are re-interpreted by domestic actors. We examine two elements of the judicial systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and trace how they have developed. The Supreme Council of the Judiciary has become a functioning body in BiH, and so has the Training academy in Serbia. Both, however, have been changed based on domestic power relations and preferences.
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Why is it important?
Enlargement has become an increasingly politicized and controversial topic, especially since recent efforts from France to reform the process. The article sheds light on what works and what does not in the current process in terms of inducing reform.
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With co-author Adam Fagan we saw this as an opportunity to get an in-depth understanding of the process of institutionalization of imported rules.
Antoaneta Dimitrova
Universiteit Leiden
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This page is a summary of: Reforming judicial recruitment and training in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia under EU guidance: implementation without institutionalisation?, Journal of European Integration, January 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2019.1572136.
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