Urban planning and corruption: precautionary measures, the only solution

Abstract

The present article tackles and resolves, by means of legal methods, the serious matter of corruption in town planning. It is one of the most serious problems of our country and has already been the object of criticism by the European Parliament. Within the Law, the Contentious Judge, until now, has been incapable of resolving these problems, despite having at his disposal the instruments for doing so. Therefore it is necessary to offer once and for all a simple and interconnected set of solutions that would eliminate this cancer of democracy that is corruption. The author proposes three measures: a) first, to grant cautionary measures without “inaudita parte” bail b) to immediately change the assignment of cases by rotation, which is permitted by Law, and c) by means of a comprehensive and extensive Oral Hearing, immediately get to the bottom of the matter, imposing reasonable costs upon the losing part. In this way there would be no damage arising from delays in halting construction for a few days, because the big problem of town planning and construction is that, once the work is completed, it is forever irreversible, harming the environment, historic heritage and the ideas of city and town planning.