8. Ukraine’s Politicized Courts

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Preface ix
5. Part I: Why Does Reform Fail?
6. 1. Establishing Ukraine’s Fourth Republic: Reform after Revolution 3
7. Part II: Identity-memory Divide
8. 2. No Way Out? Post-Soviet Ukraine’s Memory Wars in Comparative Perspective 21
9. 3. Democracy and Governance in Divided Societies 41
10. Part III: Corruption
11. 4. Corruption in Ukraine: Perpetuum Mobile or the Endplay of Post-Soviet Elites? 61
12. 5. Corruption in Ukraine in Comparative Perspective 80
13. Part IV: Constitution
14. 6. Ukrainian Constitutional Politics: Neopatrimonialism, Rent-seeking, and Regime Change 105
15. 7. Constitutional Performance after Communism: Implications for Ukraine 124
16. Part V: Judiciary
17. 8. Ukraine’s Politicized Courts 143
18. 9. Judicial Reform in Comparative Perspective: Assessing the Prospects for Ukraine 162
19. Part VI: Patrimonialism and the Oligarchs
20. 10. Oligarchs, the Partial Reform Equilibrium, and the Euromaidan Revolution 181
21. 11. Missing the China Exit: A World-systems Perspective on the Ukrainian State 204
22. Part VII: Economy
23. 12. Stuck in Transition: Successes and Failures of Economic Reform in Ukraine 221
24. 13. Economic Reforms in Ukraine in Comparative Perspective: Formal and Informal Dimensions 245
25. Part VIII: Conclusion
26. 14. Conclusion: The Comparative Politics of Reform and Lessons for Ukraine 267
27. Contributors 279
28. Works Cited 283
29. Index 307