Central Asian Law: Legal Cultures, Governance and Business Environment in Central Asia. A Collection of Papers from Central Asian Guest Researchers Seconded to Lund University Urinboyev, Rustam 2020 Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Urinboyev, R. (Ed.) (2020). Central Asian Law: Legal Cultures, Governance and Business Environment in Central Asia. A Collection of Papers from Central Asian Guest Researchers Seconded to Lund University. (Research Report in Sociology of Law; No. 2). Lund University (Media-Tryck). 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LUND UNIVERSITY PO Box 117 221 00 Lund +46 46-222 00 00 Central Asian Law Editor: Rustamjon Urinboyev Central Asian Law Central Asian Law: Legal Cultures, Tis research report is a compilation of essays written by guest researchers from Central Asia who spent four to twelve months at the Department of Sociology Governance and Business of Law, Lund University, and conducted research on various topics pertaining to legal cultures, governance and business environments in Central Asia. Tese guest research stays (secondments) took place in the framework of the EU-funded Environment in Central Asia project “Central Asian Law: Legal Cultures and Business Environments in Central Asia” (project number 870647 H2020 MSCA-RISE 2019-2023), which runs from 01/03/2020 through 28/02/2024. Te project is coordinated by Lund University and the project consortium includes European universities (University A Collection of Papers from Central Asian of Zurich, Charles University Prague, Riga Graduate School of Law, Marmara Guest Researchers Seconded to Lund University University, University of Latvia) as well as Central Asian partner institutions (L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Khujand Polytechnic Institute of the Tajik Technical University, SIAR Research and Consulting, Tebigy Kuwwat Public Association, Academy of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Uzbekistan, Editor: Rustamjon Urinboyev Westminster International University in Tashkent). Tis research report consists of introduction and five papers that explore Research Report in Sociology of Law 2020:2 contemporary issues and challenges in Central Asia, such as the problems accompanying the internationalization of higher education and research, anti- corruption legal frameworks and the business climate, cultural branding, legal culture education, and the digital economy. Te main idea behind publishing this preliminary research report is to provide a platform for Central Asian guest researchers to present the research projects they developed during their research stay in Lund and share their initial research findings with the Central Asian Law project team and the wider academic and policy audiences. Another equally important aim was to empower our guest researchers, given the fact that many Central Asia-based researchers find it difficult to publish their academic work in Western academic venues due to different academic, economic, and ideological factors. Research Report in Sociology of Law 2020:2 SOCIOLOGY OF LAW • LUND UNIVERSITY ISSN 1404-1030 P.O. BOX 42 • SE-221 00 LUND • SWEDEN ISBN 978-91-7267-429-5 Editor: Rustamjon Urinboyev Central Asian Law: Legal Cultures, Governance and Business Environment in Central Asia A Collection of Papers from Central Asian Guest Researchers Seconded to Lund University SOCIOLOGY OF LAW LUND UNIVERSITY 1 För en komplett förteckning över bokutgivningen vid Rättssociologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet, se slutet av boken Sociology of Law Research Report 2020:2 Copyright The Authors Editor Rustamjon Urinboyev Cover picture Mirzayor Erkinov Grafisk design Infografen/Desktop Typesetting Jonas Palm Production Media-Tryck Print Media-Tryck, Lund University, Lund, Sweden 20 ISBN 978-91-7267-429-5 ISSN 1404-1030 Publishing and distrubution Media-Tryck Lund University Box 117 SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden E-post [email protected] • www.mediatryck.lu.se 2 Table of Contents Funding Acknowledgement ................................................................................ 7 1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 9 Rustamjon URINBOYEV The Central Asian Law Project: Rationale, Aims, and Objectives ..... 10 Paper Outlines ................................................................................. 15 References ........................................................................................ 22 2 Comparative Analysis of Higher Education and Research in Central Asia from the Perspective of Internationalization ................................... 25 Berdymyrat OVEZMYRADOV and Yolbars KEPBANOV Introduction .................................................................................... 25 Description of methods ................................................................... 27 Post-Soviet developments in Central Asian education and research .. 28 Country-specific information ........................................................... 34 The role of international organizations ............................................. 38 National legislation on education and research: international aspects 41 Student and researcher mobility ....................................................... 43 Citations and university rankings ..................................................... 48 English language proficiency ............................................................ 50 Standardized tests in English and STEM skills ................................. 52 Implications for policymakers and international partners in the region .............................................................................................. 52 Summary ......................................................................................... 55 References ........................................................................................ 57 3 State Anticorruption Legal Framework and Business Climate in Uzbekistan: Legal and Practical Challenges ............................................ 61 Tolibjon MUSTAFOEV Introduction .................................................................................... 61 Methodological consideration .......................................................... 64 Trust and changing legal culture ...................................................... 65 3 Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index and its implications for the business and investment climate ....................... 69 Anticorruption reviews of legal acts as a preventive measure of legal corruption ....................................................................................... 78 Conclusion ...................................................................................... 80 References ........................................................................................ 82 4 Introducing the Discipline of Legal Culture for B.A. Students within the Cultural Studies Specialty: A Syllabus Development ......................... 87 Ruziya KAMAROVA Introduction and Background .......................................................... 87 Why is legal culture important to study? .......................................... 88 Course learning outcomes ................................................................ 89 Philosophy of the discipline ............................................................. 89 Module 1 ......................................................................................... 90 Module 2 ......................................................................................... 92 Module 3 ......................................................................................... 94 Conclusion ...................................................................................... 95 The syllabus of the legal culture discipline ....................................... 96 Explanatory note .............................................................................. 96 Thematic plan of the discipline ........................................................ 98 Recommended literature for the course .......................................... 100 5 Places of Memory as a Business Environment Forming a Cultural Brand and Identity ............................................................................... 103 Kuralay YERMAGAMBETOVA Introduction .................................................................................. 103 Methodology ................................................................................