EU Accession and the Rule of Law

Pre-accession Assistance and the Western Balkans

Marko Novakovic, Marina Matic-Boskovic (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

190 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-07422-9 (ISBN)

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This book offers a critical examination of how the EU's Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) has influenced governance and legal reform across the Western Balkans and beyond. Focusing on six countries at different stages of the accession process, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia, and North Macedonia, this book assesses the IPA's evolving role as a mechanism for strengthening the rule of law. Through country-specific analyses, the book explores how IPA funding has supported judicial reform, anti-corruption measures, and legal harmonisation, while also considering the long-term effects in Croatia, the region's only EU member state. Additional contributions provide a broader assessment of the IPA's strategic development, successes, and limitations as an instrument of EU conditionality. Bridging theoretical perspectives with empirical insights, this book offers a comprehensive yet accessible exploration of EU financial aid as a driver of governance reform. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of EU expansion and regional development, providing valuable lessons from the diverse trajectories of the Western Balkans.

Marko Novaković is a Serbian legal scholar and policy expert, full professor of law, and senior research fellow at the Institute of International Politics and Economics in Belgrade. He holds a PhD in International Law and a PMP certification. Educated in Serbia, Italy, and the Netherlands, with academic and professional experience in Germany, the UK, Slovakia, and other European countries, he has advised governments and international organizations on judicial reform, EU accession, and international law. Author of over 50 publications, he is on of the leading regional authority on diplomatic and international immunities and serves in editorial and advisory roles with ASIL, ILA, and other academic institutions. He works in Serbian, English, and French. Marina Matić Bošković is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research in Belgrade and a justice reform expert. She holds a PhD in European Criminal Law, with over 20 years of academic and professional experience across the Western Balkans, the European Union and Eastern Partnership countries. She has advised governments and international organizations on judicial reforms, the EU accession process, criminal law legislative drafting, the organization of the judiciary and protection of fundamental rights, as well as judicial statistics. She is the author of more than 80 publications. Since 2015, she is a President of the Program Council of the Prosecutors Association of Serbia, and she has been a member of the IAP (International Association of Prosecutors) Committee of the Forum for Associations of Prosecutors.

Foreword 1. The Evolution of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance: From Conception to Modern Implementation 2. Western Balkans on the Path to the EU: Progress and Challenges in Rule of Law Reforms 3. EU policy on rule of law in the enlargement context 4. Impacts of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance on the Rule of Law in Albania 5. Fighting Corruption with EU Funds in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Evaluating Institutional Capacity, Political Ownership and Outcomes 6. From Assistance to Action? IPA’s Role in Strengthening the Rule of Law in North Macedonia 7. Impacts of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance on Rule of Law in Montenegro State of play and perspectives 8. EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance and ‘limited progress’ in advancing the rule of law in Serbiam 9. Shaping Croatia's EU Path: The Impact Of IPA Funds and the Ongoing Role of the RFT 10. The rule of law as the cornerstone of the EU project and its role in the Instruments for Pre-accession Assistance for Western Balkans

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.4.2026
Zusatzinfo	6 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
ISBN-10	1-041-07422-0 / 1041074220
ISBN-13	978-1-041-07422-9 / 9781041074229
Zustand	Neuware