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Corruption and conflicts of interest : a comparative law approach / edited by Jean-Bernard Auby, Emmanuel Breen, Thomas Perroud.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in Comparative Law and Legal Culture series
- Studies in comparative law and legal culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conflict of interests--United States.
- Conflict of interests.
- Corruption--United States.
- Corruption.
- Administrative law--United States.
- Administrative law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As in all periods of swift economic development and political upheaval, our era of globalization has brought corruption and conflicts of interest into the spotlight. This comprehensive study highlights the difficulties of devising global legislative and judicial responses to these issues.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I Conflicts of interest and corruption: A fine line?; 1. Corruption and conflicts of interest; PART II Comparative studies on corruption and conflicts of interest from a procedural perspective; 2. Regulatory authorities and conflicts of interest; 3. The conflicts of interests of public officers: Rules, checks and penalties; 4. Protecting the integrity of the U.S. federal procurement system: Conflict of interest rules and aspects of the system that help reduce corruption
- 5. Corruption and conflicts of interest: Future prospects on lobbying6. Condemning corruption and tolerating conflicts of interest: French 'arrangements' regarding breaches of integrity; 7. Integrity in English and French public contracts: Changing administrative cultures?; 8. Policy considerations when drafting conflict of interest legislation; 9. Conflict of interests of government members and the risk of corruption: An assessment of pre-revolutionary Tunisia and Egypt; 10. Is (French) continental law efficient at fighting conflicts of interests?
- 11. Corruption and conflicts of interests in the United Kingdom12. The legal regulations for the prevention of corruption of civil servants in Turkey and the Council of Ethics for Public Service; PART III International organizations and the fight against corruption and conflicts of interest; 13. Corruption, conflicts of interests and the WTO; 14. 'Global integrity': National administrations versus global regimes; 15. How Multilateral Development Banks invest corruption in their funded projects
- 16. Introduction to the World Bank's policies in the fight against corruption and conflicts of interests in public contractsPART IV European administrative law and the fight against corruption and conflicts of interest; 17. Mismanagement by European Agencies: Concerns, institutional responses, and lessons; 18. Footprints in the sand: Regulating conflict of interest at EU level; 19. OLAF: The anti-corruption policy within the European Union; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78100-935-X
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