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<p>This article focuses on challenges and successes of the implementation and application of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which triggered unprecedented political, economic and legal reforms in Ukraine. This article focuses on the constitutional challenges that have arisen for Ukraine in the course of implementing the Association Agreement into its legal system. Two issues form the core of the paper. The first issue is effective implementation and application of the Association Agreement within the Ukrainian legal order. The second issue is compatibility between the Association Agreement and the Ukrainian Constitution. The latest political and legal developments in Ukraine are analyzed through the prism of effective implementation of the Association Agreement and the rise of pro-European judicial activism in Ukraine. In conclusion it is argued that the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement enhanced the adaptability of the national constitutional order to the European integration project and European common values.</p>
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This article focuses on challenges and successes of the implementation and application of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which triggered unprecedented political, economic and legal reforms in Ukraine. This article focuses on the constitutional challenges that have arisen for Ukraine in the course of implementing the Association Agreement into its legal system. Two issues form the core of the paper. The first issue is effective implementation and application of the Association Agreement within the Ukrainian legal order. The second issue is compatibility between the Association Agreement and the Ukrainian Constitution. The latest political and legal developments in Ukraine are analyzed through the prism of effective implementation of the Association Agreement and the rise of pro-European judicial activism in Ukraine. In conclusion it is argued that the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement enhanced the adaptability of the national constitutional order to the European integration project and European common values.

EU-Ukraine Association Agreement’s Effective Implementation into the Legal Order of Ukraine. Challenges and Successes

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

European Studies

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This article focuses on challenges and successes of the implementation and application of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, which triggered unprecedented...

EU-Ukraine Association Agreement’s Effective Implementation into the Legal Order of Ukraine. Challenges and Successes

Publié en ligne: 19 avr. 2023

Pages: 157 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2022-0034

Mots clés
Association Agreement, Ukrainian Constitution, international law, European common values case law, constitutional amendments

© 2019 Roman Petrov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

EU-Ukraine Association Agreement’s Effective Implementation into the Legal Order of Ukraine. Challenges and Successes

Publié en ligne: 19 avr. 2023

Pages: 157 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2022-0034

Mots clésAssociation Agreement, Ukrainian Constitution, international law, European common values case law, constitutional amendments

© 2019 Roman Petrov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Association Agreement, Ukrainian Constitution, international law, European common values case law, constitutional amendments