I presidenti della Repubblica e le degenerazioni delle correnti nella magistratura

Abstract

The criminal scandal that has rocked the Italian Higher Council of the Judiciary (HCJ) in 2019 has addressed the attention of the historical and political science research to the problem of the degeneration of the associative groups (the so-called correnti) within the judiciary. The essay examines the concerns about this degenerative process expressed from 1978 to 2020 by the Presidents of the Italian Republic, who are also the presidents of the HCJ. What emerges is that, contrary to the common perception, this issue has not been addressed by the Presidents only in rare occasions and in recent years, but it has been subject of several calls by all the presidents from the late 1970s to today. These warnings, however, appear to have not reached the desired result.

Keywords

• higher council of the judiciary
• president of the italian republic
• judiciary
• associative groups
• italy