LEGAL: Bad Politics Prompts Bad Justice
LEGAL: Bad Politics Prompts Bad Justice

Summary/Abstract: Romania’s justice system is in trouble, and public distrust has reached a critical level. But is this situation due to the system itself, or is it rather triggered by a tradition of political interventionism in justice affairs? As the Legal section argues, in reforming the justice, the process followed is just as important as the ends, and unless political interference is brought to an end, it is hard to see how the justice system could be empowered to fulfill its normal role in a democracy. The forthcoming changes in the Constitution represent a good opportunity to take a step in the right direction, but is there enough political will to do it?

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