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The Rome Statute On The International Criminal Court: From 1947-2000 And Beyond, Sharon A. Williams
The Rome Statute On The International Criminal Court: From 1947-2000 And Beyond, Sharon A. Williams
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
On 17 July 1998 the International Criminal Court Statute was adopted in Rome by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries. It will become operative once sixty states have ratified. It will have subject matter jurisdiction over genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and in the future aggression once an appropriate definition has been agreed upon. It is the culmination of work that began in United Nations history in 1947. Its intent is to replace the cycle of impunity for some of the most heinous international crimes with accountability. The philosophical and practical underpinnings of the ICC are deterrence, prosecution …
The Business Of Bribery: Globalization, Economic Liberalization, And The ‘Problem’ Of Corruption, Margaret E. Beare, James Williams
The Business Of Bribery: Globalization, Economic Liberalization, And The ‘Problem’ Of Corruption, Margaret E. Beare, James Williams
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This paper is intended as a critical response to the emerging consensus within both academic and policy literatures that we are currently facing an epidemic of corruption which threatens to undermine the stability of economic and political development on both a national and global scale, and which requires both immediate and wide-ranging policy interventions. Based on a review of the publications and policy statements of the leading anti-corruption crusaders — namely the OECD, the IMF, and the World Bank — it will be argued that the recent concern with corruption is attributable, not to any substantive increase incorrupt practices, but …