Judicial Anti-Corruption Campaigns

Prosecutions in Italy, Brazil and Romania

Nedim Hogic

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Routledge
10 July 2025

Political corruption; Criminology: legal aspects; International criminal law; Criminal justice law

Series: Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies

This book offers a comparative analysis of cases of mass prosecutions for political corruption in Italy, Brazil, and Romania.

The book outlines how judicial showdowns with political corruption emerge, what consequences they create, and whether they can be considered legitimate judicial operations or coups orchestrated by political forces with the assistance of the judiciary. Due to the similarities exhibited in the legal, political, and economic spheres of the events, the book explores the Italian Mani Pulite, Brazilian Lava Jato, and Romanian judicial anti-corruption campaigns. These campaigns were simultaneously legal operations, narratives created by the media, and opportunities for the emergence of new political actors. The book demonstrates why judicial activity was a crucial tool for reducing and preventing corruption in these countries. In addition to investigating the key legal issues and narratives, the book explores the controversies of these campaigns and assesses whether they should be seen as judicial revolutions or cases of prosecutorial overreach.

Providing a holistic comparative assessment of judicial means as a tool for controlling corruption, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Corruption Studies, Law, Development Studies, and Political Science.

By: Nedim Hogic
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032369051
ISBN 10: 1032369051
Series: Routledge Corruption and Anti-Corruption Studies
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 10 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Nedim Hogic is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the University of Oslo. He researches and teaches on matters of comparative law and politics. He holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and Ph.D. from Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies.