This is a timely and excellent book consisting of 11 chapters, written by leading practitioners and experts examining selected jurisdictions and issues concerning corruption, together with six appendices including the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the UK Act) and extracts from the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 (the FCPA).
Authors: Paul H Cohen & Arthur Marriot QC
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell (Hardback November 2010)
ISBN 978-0-41404-172-1, Price: 135.00
The introduction explains the structure of the book, and highlights the pivotal role of the US in cajoling OECD member states to adopt an anti-Bribery Convention in 1997. The authors point to the stark fact that, until 2008, the only OECD state which had successfully undertaken prosecutions for bribery and corruption was the US.
A global approach
There is specific focus upon the anti-corruption legal regimes and practices in the UK, US, Brazil, Australia, India and Hong Kong. Some might have welcomed inclusion of a civil law jurisdiction (such as Switzerland or France), or a review of the position vis-à-vis China or Russia. Inclusion of the legal regime and practice in one or more states which
