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The Globalizing State, Alfred C. Aman, Jr.
The Globalizing State, Alfred C. Aman, Jr.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
he primary purpose of this Article is to consider the relationship of globalization to domestic law, a topic that, for the most part, has been neglected by the legal literature to date. In so doing, this Article shall develop the concept of the globalizing state, a theory of the state based on states' new roles in furthering global competitiveness, as well as the transformative effects of these new roles on the state itself. This Article refers to globalization as an interpretive approach to issues no longer classifiable--or even understandable--in terms of classic dichotomies of domestic and global, public and private, …
Transnational Bribery Of Foreign Officials: A New Threat To The Future Of Democracy, Julie B. Nesbit
Transnational Bribery Of Foreign Officials: A New Threat To The Future Of Democracy, Julie B. Nesbit
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Anti-corruption movements around the world have set the stage for a comprehensive attack on transnational bribery. The Organization of American States adopted the first convention to criminalize transnational bribery in 1996, and efforts by the OECD to address the issue culminated in the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, which was signed by the representative Ministers in November 1997, and is expected to enter into force by 1999. While these developments are promising, they offer only a partial solution to a complex problem. Transnational bribery will persist until a comprehensive anti-corruption strategy, based on …