Living law, legal pluralism, and corruption in post-Soviet Uzbekistan

Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-390

  Urinboyev, Rustamjon ^a   Svensson, Måns ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corruption; Legal pluralism; Living law; Transparency International; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904469976     PISSN: 07329113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07329113.2014.867752     Document Type: Article

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