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Afera oko šumskog poseda manastira Dečani
The Affair of Forest Estate of the Dečani Monastery

Author(s): Goran Antonić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Centar za menadzment
Keywords: corruption; Kosovo; judiciary; government

Summary/Abstract: The article is presenting one of the most bizarre cases of corruption in the history past of modern Serbian state. In 1924, by approved local court decision and decision of the Ministry of Forest and Mining, illegal transfer occurred related to Dečani Monastery forest estate, a medieval legacy of King Stefan Dečanski. Directly involved in this affair had been the radical party national representative in the parliament of Yugoslavia, Puniša Račić.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 05-06
  • Page Range: 46-47
  • Page Count: 2