Among Equals
The Causes of Effective Corruption Prosecution in Italy
Seiten
2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3848-7 (ISBN)
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3848-7 (ISBN)
Through a study of the Italian Clean Hands operation, the author shows that the introduction of egalitarian decision-making within local prosecutors’ offices is a crucial condition for the effective prosecution of systemic corruption.
This book explores the causes of prosecutorial independence and effectiveness against systemic corruption through an examination of the conditions leading to the Italian “Clean Hands” operation’s unprecedented success. In 1992, Italian prosecutors uncovered a decades-long corruption system cutting across regions and levels of government. The Clean Hands operation resulted in hundreds of convictions and permanently changed the Italian political landscape. This judicial breakthrough derived from a gradual and conflictual process to replace hierarchical prosecutorial institutions with more egalitarian ones. The author shows via case studies of the prosecutors’ offices in Milan, Rome, Palermo, and Reggio Calabria that the introduction of egalitarian decision-making afforded local prosecutors with enhanced independence in exploring novel investigative techniques and legal theories. The introduction of egalitarian organizational structures created ideal conditions for the emergence of legal innovations and their diffusion via judicial and prosecutorial networks. This process resulted in the unprecedented accumulation of prosecutorial expertise on complex criminal issues, such as domestic terrorism and mafia organizations, and led to the emergence of an effective prosecutorial approach to systemic corruption. Thus, the Italian case offers important lessons that may apply to the prosecution of systemic corruption in other democracies as well.
This book explores the causes of prosecutorial independence and effectiveness against systemic corruption through an examination of the conditions leading to the Italian “Clean Hands” operation’s unprecedented success. In 1992, Italian prosecutors uncovered a decades-long corruption system cutting across regions and levels of government. The Clean Hands operation resulted in hundreds of convictions and permanently changed the Italian political landscape. This judicial breakthrough derived from a gradual and conflictual process to replace hierarchical prosecutorial institutions with more egalitarian ones. The author shows via case studies of the prosecutors’ offices in Milan, Rome, Palermo, and Reggio Calabria that the introduction of egalitarian decision-making afforded local prosecutors with enhanced independence in exploring novel investigative techniques and legal theories. The introduction of egalitarian organizational structures created ideal conditions for the emergence of legal innovations and their diffusion via judicial and prosecutorial networks. This process resulted in the unprecedented accumulation of prosecutorial expertise on complex criminal issues, such as domestic terrorism and mafia organizations, and led to the emergence of an effective prosecutorial approach to systemic corruption. Thus, the Italian case offers important lessons that may apply to the prosecution of systemic corruption in other democracies as well.
Lucia Manzi is assistant professor of political science at SUNY Plattsburgh.
Introduction: The Long Failure of Corruption Prosecutions and the Mani Pulite Operation’s Breakthrough
Chapter 1: From Hierarchical to Egalitarian: The Root Causes of Prosecutorial Independence and Effectiveness Against Systemic Corruption
Chapter 2: A More Democratic Judiciary: The Transformation of Italian Judicial and Prosecutorial Institutions
Chapter 3: All Investigations Lead to Rome: The Roman Prosecutor’s Office
Chapter 4: A New Model of Criminal Justice: The Milan Prosecutor’s Office
Chapter 5: Tackling Omertà: The Prosecutors’ Offices in Palermo and Reggio Calabria
Conclusion: Lessons for Prosecutorial Success Against Corruption
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.11.2023 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 576 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-3848-3 / 1666938483 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-3848-7 / 9781666938487 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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