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A Critical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Anticorruption Measures in The A critical Analysis of the effectiveness of Anticorruption Measures in the Romanian Judicial System European Studies Master Program University of Twente/Münster University Master Student: Supervisors: Edina Melánia Hadnagy University of Twente: Dr. Guus Meershoek Münster University: Dr.Prof. Norbert Kersting Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter I ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Defining Corruption ........................................................................................................................... 12 1.1: General Definition of corruption ................................................................................................ 13 1.2 Measuring Corruption ................................................................................................................. 16 Chapter 2 ............................................................................................................................................... 20 2.1 An overview of the recent history of Romania ........................................................................... 20 2.2 An overview of the judicial system in Romania .......................................................................... 22 2.3 Level of Corruption in Romania in General ................................................................................. 24 2.4 Types of Corruption in the Romanian Judicial System ................................................................ 25 Chapter 3 ............................................................................................................................................... 29 Theoretical explanation ..................................................................................................................... 29 3.1 Causes of Corruption ................................................................................................................... 29 3.2 Effectiveness of policy implementing.......................................................................................... 33 Chapter 4 ............................................................................................................................................... 36 A summary of EU anticorruption policies ......................................................................................... 36 Anticorruption Measures introduced in Romania for the Fight of Corruption ................................. 38 Chapter 5 ............................................................................................................................................... 42 Results of Anticorruption Measures in Romania .............................................................................. 42 Chapter 6 ............................................................................................................................................... 53 Explanation for the non-effectiveness of the anticorruption measures ........................................... 53 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 60 Bibliography .......................................................................................................................................... 65 2 3 Introduction According to Transparency International Romania is among the most corrupt countries in Europe. After acceding to the European Union in 2007 , Romania was put under pressure regarding its anticorruption policies and was obliged to introduce several anticorruption measures. We would expect that pressed by the European Union Romania has made some progress in the fight against corruption. This seems not to be the case. Romania is still struggling with the issue of corruption and the international opinion questions the effectiveness of governmental policies in this matter. The reason why I have chosen to investigate corruption in the judicial system is, because the Judicial System of a country is the institution which is the most responsible for combating corruption cases. Therefore the results of an investigation regarding the judicial system most probably will apply to other sectors as well. In addition I have chosen this context with this structure, on the basis of this literature, because in my experience academics before did not try to give an explanation, with the help of these theories and with the help of the EU Reports. Transparency International articles, World Bank Reports and EU Reports are a good source regarding the investigation on corruption , but they do not take into account the socio economical background of the countries while drawing conclusions. Academics like Cyrille Fijnaut and Leo Huberts, Daniel Barbu, Liliana Popescu – Birlan, Milada Anna Vachudova do take into account socio economical developments of Romania or of countries in general, but they do not use EU reports in their analysis. The main question of my thesis is : How effective are the anti-corruption policies of the Romanian government during the last five years regarding the judicial system and what explains their effectiveness or non effectiveness ? My research questions are: 1. What kind of corruption can be found in the Romanian judicial system? 4 2. What kind of causes are attributed to these kinds of corruption in the social-scientific literature and what are the causes of effectiveness of anticorruption measures? 3. What kind of policies were enforced on the Romanian government by the EU? 4. What are the results of these policies? 5. What explains their limited results? My research is founded on several social-scientific theories of corruption and on a variety of sources of empirical information and investigates developments in the last 5 years. As a theoretical base I am going to apply the theories of Cyrille Fijnaut and Leo Huberts in their book entitled “Corruption Integrity and Law Enforcement “ (2002,Dordrecht). The empirical base of my research will be several policy documents of the Romanian Government, Reports and Diagrams from Transparency International , policy reports from the European Commission of the European Union , newspaper articles and academic articles. The methodology used in my paper is Qualitative. I am going to verify or falsify my explanations with the help of Desk Research. I will use literature such as EU Documentation , Documentations of the Romanian Government , EU Accession Progress Reports , Articles of Transparency International and Results of the Corruption Perception Index. Chapter I is an introductory chapter. In the first chapter of my thesis I will write about the characteristics of a good judicial system. I consider this step important , because in order to have a good research in analyzing corruption matters in the justice system first we should be clear about the characteristics of a justice system without corruption , in order to be able to be sure where the problem is. In the second part of this chapter I am going to define corruption and standards of measuring corruption. I have chosen to write about these aspects, because definitions of corruption and measuring corruption are controversial. It is not always clear, according to which criteria to define and measure corruption. Therefore in this chapter I will argue which definitions are the 5 most accurate and objective. On the basis of these definitions I will formulate the definition of corruption and the criteria regarding measuring corruption that will be used in this research. In Chapter 2 I am going to answer research question 1 : What kind of corruption can be found in the Romanian judicial system? In order to answer this question, I am using reports from Transparency International , CPI (Corruption Perception Index). , National Level Reports and Documentation , Newspaper Articles and Articles from Academics from Romania. With the help of these reports, I will be able to investigate the level and types of corruption in Romania. I have chosen these articles for answering of this research question , but also for answering of my other research questions, because Transparency International is the first organization worldwide dealing with the issue of corruption and it is the most recognized organization having the biggest area of covered country data and number of corruption investigations. Transparency International works together with other civil organizations and governments in order to develop tools for anticorruption strategies. Transparency International was the organization to bring the topic of corruption on the world agenda. Thanks to Transparency International such organizations as IMF and World Bank now conceive corruption a serious issue. Transparency International says about it: "Transparency International is the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption. It brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI's mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption." (Global Corruption Report , 2007, p. 4.). Indeed it had a great role in creating the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. The main sources of the reports of Transparency
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