Publication

Jun 2015

This paper examines the judicial system in Georgia in light of the arrests and prosecution of several former government officials between 2012 and 2014. More specifically, the author looks at 1) the independence of the judiciary in the country and the extent to which the prosecutions were influenced by the executive; and 2) whether the arrests are purely punitive or whether they have been used to weaken political opponents of the government. In general, she contends that there is enough evidence to suggest a lack of judicial independence in the country. In fact, there seems to an increase in the political use of the judiciary in the country.

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Author Johanna Popjanevski
Series CACI-SRSP Silk Road Papers
Publisher Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program (CACI-SRSP)
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