KORUPCIJA U PRAVOSUĐU I DRŽAVNOJ UPRAVI U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ
CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Author(s): Zoran Malenica
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration, Political behavior, Sociology of Law
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: corruption; judiciary; state administration; fight against corruption; repatriarchalization; deprofessionalization
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the prevalence and causes of corruption in the Croatian judiciary, executive and administrative authorities. At the beginning of the paper, the latest results of public opinion research on the presence of corruption in various areas of social and political life are presented. After that, the general causes of the high prevalence of corruption in transition societies are presented, followed by the specific causes related to Croatian society. It emphasizes the processes of repatriarchalization and clientelization that developed during HDZ's rule (1990-2000) and significantly contributed to the scale of various forms of corruption. Finally, the efforts and attempts of the new (coalition) government after January 3, 2000 to reduce the presence of corruption in the area of ​​the judiciary and state administration are analyzed. The author concludes that these efforts were not followed up with enough political will and courage and therefore did not produce significant results.

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