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Justice Reform and Development: Rethinking Donor Assistance to Developing and Transitional Countries

Justice Reform and Development: Rethinking Donor Assistance to Developing and Transitional Countries

Author: Linn A. Hammergren
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138950849

Published In: August 2015
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9780415739924

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This book explores the objectives pursued in donor programs, the methods used to advance them, and the underlying assumptions and strategies. It emphasizes the unexpected and sometimes unpleasant consequences of ignoring not only political and societal constraints but also advances in our technical approaches to performance improvement, the one area where the First World has a comparative advantage.

The geographic scope of the work is broad, incorporating examples from Eastern and Central Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region as well as from several First World nations. Justice Reform and Development examines First World assistance to justice or "rule of law" reforms in developing and transitional societies, arguing that its purported failure is vastly exaggerated, largely because of unrealistic expectations as to what could be accomplished.

Change nonetheless is needed if the programs are to continue and would be best based on targeting specific performance problems, incorporation of donor countries' experience with their own reforms, and greater attention to relevant research. While contributing to an on-going debate among practitioners and academics involved in justice programs, this book will also be accessible to readers with little exposure to the topics, especially advanced undergraduate and graduate students in law, political science and areas studies.

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Introduction

Chapter I: A Brief Overview of Three Decades of Donor Reforms

Chapter II: What Is Meant by Failure?

Chapter III: Judicial Independence- as Promoted and as Practiced

Chapter IV: Improving Performance: Experience from More and Less Developed Countries

Chapter V: Reform as Access to Formal and Informal Mechanisms

Chapter VI: The Extra-Sector Impacts of Justice Reform

Chapter VII: The Next Steps

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