1st Edition

Extraterritoriality and International Bribery A Collective Action Perspective

By Branislav Hock Copyright 2020
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

The book presents a collective action perspective to explain how extraterritoriality functions and assess when, and to what extent, extraterritoriality is effective. A collective action perspective provides a new account of foreign anti-bribery laws and their extraterritorial enforcement that draws on theories discussed in the field of economic governance. Within this framework, the book offers... Read more

1. Introduction 2. International Bribery and Collective Action Problems 3. The Evolution of Foreign Anti-Bribery Legislation 4. The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and National Foreign Anti-Bribery Laws 5. Foreign Anti-Bribery Enforcement Schemes 6. Patterns of foreign anti-bribery enforcement 7. The Effectiveness of Extraterritorial Anti-Bribery Enforcement 8. How should the OECD anti-bribery enforcement regime foster collective action? 9. Beyond the OECD: international court and other alternatives 10. Conclusion Table of Cases and Settlements International Agreements Statutes Recommendations, Guidelines, and Reports of Public Authorities and International Organizations



Biography

Branislav Hock, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in Counter Fraud Studies at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth. He has research expertise in the area of transnational economic crime such as corruption and bribery along with interests in corporate compliance and economic governance. Dr Hock is a member of the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), where he worked as a researcher and completed PhD in anti-corruption law. He worked in the Private Office of the Dutch Member of the European Court of Auditors and for a law firm advising on various compliance issues. Dr Hock is a co-founder of the European Compliance Center.

"Hock’s book provides an intellectually rich theory of extraterritoriality that helps to explain the formation of multilateral anti-corruption regimes."  -Yuliya Zabyelina, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY