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7 Hague J. on Rule L. 1 (2015)

handle is hein.journals/hagjuote7 and id is 1 raw text is: Hague J Rule Law (2015) 7:1 25 DOI 10.1007/s40803-015-0001-y \I' 11 1 1 The Introduction and Consolidation of the Rule of Law in Ukraine: Domestic Hindrances at the Level of the Demand for Law Olga Burlyuk1 Published online: 20 August 2015 © T.M.C. Asser Press 2015 Abstract Ukraine's rule of law compliance remains poor however the evaluation scale is drawn and whatever resources external donors commit to foster the rule of law in the country. This article examines the domestic hindrances to the introduction and consolidation of the rule of law in Ukraine. It argues that systemic shortcomings in the application of the rule of law in Ukraine are not only and not so much due to deficiencies in the supply of law, or the shape of laws and institutions, as they are due to deficiencies in the elite and popular demand for law, or societal attitudes to law and its 'rule'. The findings reveal a low demand for (the rule of) law among Ukrainian political and business elites, legal professionals and the wider population and expose obstacles to meaningful legal change at the level of power structures, professional and popular social norms. The findings' implications for future research and policy are addressed in the conclusion. Keywords Rule of law - Ukraine - Supply of law - Demand for law 1 Introduction The trials of Yulia Tymoshenko and other Ukrainian politicians from 2010 onwards attracted international attention concerning the functioning, or rather malfunction- ing, of Ukraine's system of justice. The undisguised use of the judiciary, prosecutions and law enforcement by state authorities as oppression tools during the so-called Euromaidan protests in the winter of 2013-2014 demonstrated to the world - and to the Ukrainian population itself - that shortcomings in the application of the rule of law in Ukraine are indeed systemic and that a Ukrainian citizen need ® Olga Burlyuk olga.burlyuk@ugent.be Centre for EU Studies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium I_ Springer 0 ASSER PRES;

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