Zagrebačka pravna revija, Vol. 5 No. 1, 2016.
Stručni rad
The administrative area of internal affairs in the Republic of Croatia
Dalibor Franulović
Sažetak
This paper considers the area of internal affairs as a special department of public administration. The introduction provides a brief historical background of the creation and formation of internal affairs as one of the classic departments of state administration in European states. The structural models of the administrative internal affairs department, which appeared in the 19th century, served as good examples that other states also attempted to apply to a greater or lesser extent. The Austrian model was the one that had the greatest effect on Croatia. In the second part of the paper, the author traces and analyses the development of internal affairs from the period when Croatia gained its independence and formed an autonomous structure of state authority until today. Special emphasis is placed on the role of internal affairs in the Homeland War, and on the European integration process, which also includes the European accession negotiations that were accompanied by the implementation of European legislation in the administrative internal affairs department. In the main part of the paper, the author analyses the legal scope relating to the conduct of internal affairs in the Republic of Croatia. Four basic points are specifically analysed. Firstly, internal affairs in the functional (material) sense, where the criterion is set for establishing functions, or the content of administrative activity. The second basic point is internal affairs in an organisational (formal) sense, where the entities conducting internal affairs are analysed. This is followed by an analysis of internal affairs from the perspective of the types of activities of the internal affairs authorities, where some practical examples are given and explained for the following activities: the direct implementation of laws, the adoption of bylaws for their implementation, performing administrative control, as well as other administrative and professional activities. In the final part of the paper, internal affairs are analysed from the viewpoint of the methods of activity of internal affairs authorities as follows: analytical activities, regulatory activities, executive-operational and general activities.
Ključne riječi
internal affairs; state administration; Ministry of the Interior; police
Hrčak ID:
165884
URI
Datum izdavanja:
26.7.2016.
Posjeta: 3.496 *