ABSTRACT
Chapter 4 focuses on macro-level developments and presents the results of our ‘law in action/living law’-grounded fieldwork conducted in Tashkent, informed by key informant interviews with lawyers, local corruption researchers, anticorruption experts, public prosecutors, members of Parliament, policymakers, and practitioners who design and enforce anticorruption laws and policies. These various datasets provide first-hand insights into the daily life of central-level institutions, anticorruption laws, policies, and initiatives, as well as how they are perceived, experienced, and renegotiated in different social arenas and everyday life situations. Based on our informal interviews and conversations with the aforementioned key informants, we provide reflections on ‘how the law works in Uzbekistan’, focusing on various corruption cases and conflicts of interest revolving around the informal and extra-legal practices of high-level state officials.
