This paper discusses the nature, scope, achievements and the institutional mechanism of adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to European Union (EU) laws. The EU's policy priorities towards Ukraine with regard to approximation of legislation and implications of the latter for transition reforms in...

This paper analyses the EU Association Agreement (AA) with Ukraine. It argues that this new legal framework, the objective of which is to establish a form of close political association and economic integration, is important for several reasons. First, the AA replaces the outdated Partnership...

This paper analyses the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (AA). It argues that this new legal framework, which has the objective to establish a unique form of political association and economic integration, is characterised by three specific features: comprehensiveness, complexity and...

The aim of this article is to look at the phenomenon of Europeanization of judiciaries of third countries through the prism of EU external policy. It is argued that external factors (objectives of EU external policies, EU soft law, EU technical and financial assistance, favourable interpretation...

This article investigates the complex problems arising from the discrepancy of traditional liberal crisis response approaches in the new type of complex emergencies. Based on the in-depth empirical analysis, it examines the EU role in addressing security sector reforms, humanitarian assistance...

This contribution looks at the application of EU case law by the Ukrainian judiciary in the course of implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which triggered unprecedented political, economic and legal reforms in Ukraine. Several issues form the focus of consideration in the...