The Political Economy of Central Asian Law

Rustam Urinboyev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology of Law. He is an interdisciplinary socio-legal scholar, studying corruption, governance, legal reform, migration, and penal institutions in the context of Russia, Central Asia and Turkey. He is the author of Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes: Navigating the Legal Landscape in Russia (2020), published by the University of California Press.

Chapter 1. International Anti-Corruption Agenda and Business Environment in Uzbekistan (Tolibjon Mustafoev).- Chapter 2. Regionalization of International Initiatives: A Case Study of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) (Dilaver Khamzaev).- Chapter 3. International Corruption Scandals and Its Ramifications for the Domestic Legal Environment: Corporate Criminal Liability in Uzbekistan (Dildora Karimova and Uygun Nigmadjanov).- Chapter 4. Promises and Commitments: The Role of Fair and Equitable Provisions and Local Foreign Direct Investment Law and Regulations in Generating Legitimate Expectations (Khasan Sayfutdinov).- Domestic Institutions and Legal Environment in Central Asia.- Chapter 5. Local Government and Everyday Business Life: A Case Study of Sectors in Rural Uzbekistan (Rustamjon Urinboyev and Sherzod Eraliev).- Chapter 6. Understanding Legal Culture in Uzbekistan Through the Analysis of Business Disputes in Economic Courts (Muzaffar Dostqoriev and Nasimbek Azizov).- Chapter 7. The Duty of Confidence in the Law of Trade Secrets of Uzbekistan (Akbar Ismanjanov).- Chapter 8. Taxation of the Digital Economy in Uzbekistan (Alisher Pulatov).- Chapter 9. A New Big Boss? Interethnic Patronage Networks and Business in Kyrgyzstan (Aksana Ismailbekova).- Chapter 10. Connectedness and (In)equitable Access to Formal Finance in Uzbekistan (Kobil Ruziev).- Chapter 11. Legal Issues of the Opening and Running Gastronomic Entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan: A Case Study of the City of Taldykorgan (Daniya Nurmukhankyzy).- Chapter 12. Women and Bazaars: Gendering Entrepreneurship in Uzbekistan (Binazirbonu Yusupova).