CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALOJZIJE STEPINAC THROUGH THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE YUGOSLAVIAN PRESS IN 1946

Ovaj diplomski rad predstavlja pravnu analizu sudskog postupka vođenog protiv zagrebačkog nadbiskupa Alojzija Stepinca. Na početku rada, dan je prikaz stanja u poslijeratnoj Jugoslaviji sa posebnim naglaskom na položaj Katoličke Crkve. Analizirano je formiranje novog pravnog poretka s obzirom na relevatne pravne propise koji su korišteni u tom postupku te pravna shvaćanja teoretičara toga vremena o ulozi prava te sudstva u kreiranju nove države. Sudski je postupak podijeljen na šest stadija, a analiziran je isključivo s obzirom na pravne propise te pravna načela toga vremena i to kako bi se utvrdilo jeli u postupku bilo postupovnih povreda. Posebnost rada je u tome što je taj postupak obrađivan s obzirom na stenografske zapise suđenja koji su svakodnevno objavljivani u novinama „Borba“, „Vjesnik“, „Ilustrirani vjesnik“, „Glas Istre“ te „Primorski vjesnik“. U konačnici se analizirao utjecaj tih novina u stvaranju negativne slike o Alojziju Stepincu, kako bi javnost što lakše prihvatila osuđujuću presudu.This thesis represents the legal analysis of the court proceedings conducted against the archbishop of Zagreb, Alojzije Stepinac. In the initial part of the thesis, a review is given of the conditions in post-war Yugoslavia with a special emphasis on the status of the Catholic Church. The subject of analysis is the formation of a new legal order, considering the relevant regulations used during the proceedings, as well as the legal conceptions of contemporaneous law theorists about the role of law and the role of the courts in the creation of a new state. The court proceedings are divided in six stages and are analysed entirely on the basis of the regulations and legal principles of the time for the purpose of determining whether procedural breaches were committed. The specificity of the thesis is that the proceedings are analysed according to stenographic records of the trial which were published daily in the newspapers „Borba“, „Vjesnik“, „Ilustrirani vjesnik“, „Glas Istre“ and „Primorski vjesnik“. In conclusion, the subject of analysis is the influence of the aforementioned newspapers in the creation of a negative image of Alojzije Stepinac, so that the public would accept a convicting verdict more easily