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[Pis]Sing Off The Courts: The Pisparty's Effect On Judicial Independence In Poland, Michael Hoffmann
[Pis]Sing Off The Courts: The Pisparty's Effect On Judicial Independence In Poland, Michael Hoffmann
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
By winning both the presidency and a majority of seats in the Parliament in 2015, the Law and Justice Party assumed more control in Poland than any single political party has managed since the fall of communism. The party subsequently focused on taking control of the judiciary as well, proposing legislation that critics claim threatens the rule of law but the government insists is necessary to rid the judiciary of corruption and inefficiency. This Note discusses whether the bills go beyond the rule-of-law norms in the European Union, as well as the EU's response to the situation in Poland so …
Chinese Legal Development Assistance: Which Rule Of Law? Whose Pragmatism?, Samuli Seppanen
Chinese Legal Development Assistance: Which Rule Of Law? Whose Pragmatism?, Samuli Seppanen
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
China is both a recipient and a donor of foreign development aid. As a donor state, China insists that it does not interfere in the internal affairs of foreign states, and it criticizes Western human rights conditionality and rule of law advocacy in development cooperation. Due to this non-interventionist posture, Chinese foreign development aid is commonly seen to exclude politically sensitive assistance for governance institutions and the legal sector in particular. This article demonstrates that Chinese foreign development aid does, in fact, include a legal component. Chinese legal development assistance comprises advice on law reform in developing countries; capacity-building programs …