Private Remedies for Corruption : Towards an International Framework.

Cover -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF SELECTED ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- TABLE OF CASES -- PART I: THE FOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE REMEDIES -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 THE CORRUPTION CONUNDRUM -- 1.2 THE RESEARCH QUESTION -- 1.3 CHOICE OF RESEARCH METHOD -- 1.4 FUNCTIONAL COMPARISON -- 1.5 EMPIRICAL CASE STUDY -- 1.6 RELEVANCE OF RESEARCH -- 1.7 OUTLINE OF THIS BOOK -- CHAPTER 2: THE CHALLENGES OF FIGHTING CORRUPTION -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 THE PROBLEM OF DEFINITION -- 2.3 COMPROMISED PROCESSES OF GOVERNANCE -- 2.4 CHALLENGE FACED BY BUSINESS OPERATORS -- 2.5 CHALLENGE FACED BY JUDICIAL PROCESSES -- 2.6 NEW ORDERING OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY -- 2.7 THE PATH AHEAD -- 2.8 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 3: FROM THE FCPA TO AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT - THE GENESIS -- 3.3 THE FCPA: THE PROHIBITIONS -- 3.4 FCPA PENALTIES -- 3.5 FCPA GUIDANCE AND OPINIONS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL -- 3.6 ENFORCEMENT OF THE FCPA -- 3.7 EFFECT OF OTHER US LAWS AND PROVISIONS -- 3.8 LOOPHOLES IN THE FCPA -- 3.9 ENCOURAGING A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP -- 3.10 INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE FCPA STANDARD -- 3.11 KEY ELEMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL CORRUPTION -- 3.12 SELF-REGULATION AND BEST PRACTICES -- 3.13 OBSERVATIONS -- 3.14 CONCLUSION -- PART II: MODELS OF PRIVATE REMEDIES -- CHAPTER 4: PRIVATE REMEDIES IN THE UNITED STATES -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK -- 4.3 THE PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION -- 4.4 TRANSACTION VALIDITY -- 4.5 THE PRIVATE CLAIM FOR CORRUPTION -- 4.6 OBSERVATIONS -- 4.7 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5: PRIVATE REMEDIES IN ENGLAND -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK -- 5.3 THE CIVIL LAW DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION -- 5.4 TRANSACTION VALIDITY -- 5.5 THE PRIVATE CLAIM FOR CORRUPTION -- 5.6 OBSERVATIONS -- 5.7 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 6: PRIVATE REMEDIES IN THE NETHERLANDS.

6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK -- 6.3 CONSEQUENCES OF BRIBERY ON CONTRACTS -- 6.4 RIGHT TO RETURN OF THE BRIBE OR OTHER PERFORMANCE -- 6.5 TORT CLAIMS -- 6.6 COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES -- 6.7 DISMISSAL OF THE AGENT -- 6.8 THE COLLECTIVE CLAIM -- 6.9 OBSERVATIONS -- 6.10 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 THE ARBITRATION PANEL AND THE VICTIM OF CORRUPTION -- 7.3 IMPLICATIONS OF CRIMINALIZATION -- 7.4 THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE DIVIDE -- 7.5 EFFECT OF MANDATORY NATURE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION RULES -- 7.6 CONVERGENCE OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY ON CORRUPTION -- 7.7 A MEDLEY OF ROLES -- 7.8 QUESTIONING THE ROLE OF THE ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL -- 7.9 THE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL -- 7.10 CONCLUSION -- PART III: TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK -- CHAPTER 8: TRANSACTION VALIDITY -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 CONSEQUENCES OF CORRUPTION UNDER THE UN CONVENTION -- 8.3 THE PRIMARY CONTRACT -- 8.4 THE SECONDARY CONTRACT -- 8.5 THE CONTRACT AS AN INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY TOOL -- 8.6 OBSERVATIONS -- 8.7 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 9: INSTITUTING PRIVATE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 CIVIL LIABILITY AS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM -- 9.3 ART. 35: THE CORNERSTONE OF A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH? -- 9.4 PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION UNDER ART. 35 UNCC -- 9.5 SCOPE OF PRIVATE REMEDIES -- 9.6 INTERESTS PROTECTED AGAINST ACTS OF CORRUPTION -- 9.7 DAMAGE PRIMARILY TO PRIVATE INTERESTS -- 9.8 DAMAGE PRIMARILY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST -- 9.9 ENCOURAGING THE PRIVATE LITIGANT -- 9.10 OBSERVATIONS -- 9.11 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 10: TOWARDS A TRANSACTION APPROACH -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 THE PARADOX OF 'CONSENSUS' AND THE 'SUCCESSFUL VIOLATION' -- 10.3 PITFALLS OF CURRENT APPROACH -- 10.4 ANTI-CORRUPTION IN A QUANDARY? -- 10.5 CHANGING THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- 10.6 LEVELS OF INTERACTION.

10.7 ADVANTAGES OF A TRANSACTION APPROACH -- 10.8 CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 11: FINAL CONCLUSIONS -- 11.1 THE FOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE REMEDIES -- 11.2 MODELS OF PRIVATE REMEDIES -- 11.3 TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK -- 11.4 AREAS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- 11.5 FINAL WORDS -- SELECTED REFERENCES -- SELECTED LITERATURE -- INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS -- REPORTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, GUIDELINES -- INDEX.

Despite significant developments in anti-corruption law and policy over the last 20 years, corruption still remains a deep and pressing problem. The profoundly negative consequences of corruption in a global world make the need for effective mechanisms to combat it particularly urgent. This book presents private remedies as a necessary next step in the fight against corruption. It examines how the public role of the state and private actions by individuals intersect and complement each other in the fight against corruption. Taking a comparative and conceptual approach, the book explores the potential of private remedies and explains how private law mechanisms can overcome some of the limitations of traditional criminal law approaches to fighting corruption. Drawing on provisions of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, as well as models of private remedies from selected jurisdictions, it describes the current position of the law, but also looks to the future with suggestions for an international framework for private remedies in the fight against corruption. Private Remedies for Corruption will be of interest to researchers of anti-corruption law and policy, as well as government policy makers, international institutions, civil society, and business organizations.

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