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Lässt sich das deutsche Korruptionsstrafrecht durch neue Regelungsmodelle verbessern? Dieser Tagungsband stellt hierzulande weitgehend unbekannten Instrumente aus dem internationalen Werkzeugkasten der strafrechtlichen Korruptionsbekämpfung vor und geht der Frage nach, ob deren Übernahme ins deutsche Strafrecht angezeigt ist. Untersucht werden die Möglichkeit eines allgemeinen Korruptionsstraftatbestands, Tatbestände des Amtsmissbrauchs, das Delikt der unerlaubten Bereicherung (illicit enrichment), die missbräuchliche Einflussnahme (verbotene Intervention) und Regelungen zur Bedrückungskorruption (Concussion), ferner das Einziehungsinstrument der Non-conviction-based confiscation sowie völkerstrafrechtliche Ansätze. Mit Beiträgen von Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bock | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lothar Kuhlen | Dr. Oliver Landwehr, LL.M. Eur. | Prof. Dr. Frank Meyer, LL.M. (Yale) | Dr. Kristina Peters, M.A. | Univ. Ass. Dr. Martin Stricker | Prof. Dr. Frank Zimmermann | Prof. Dr. Till Zimmermann.

Corruption. --- Criminal law.

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La vie politique de nombreux pays est marquée, depuis les années 1980, par la récurrence des scandales de corruption et des affaires politicofinancières, et la dénonciation des manquements à la morale civique, des pratiques de favoritisme et des conflits d'intérêts est devenue une question centrale dans nos démocraties. Elle soulève de multiples débats, sur le rôle des dénonciateurs ou des « fuites », sur le droit à l'information, sur les valeurs publiques associées à la transparence. Le recours à l'histoire, clé de l'intelligence du présent, s'impose ici, en lien avec une analyse sociologique des acteurs — très divers : qui sont ces chevaliers blancs de la morale et ces promoteurs de la transparence des xixe et xxe siècles ? De quels vocabulaires et registres usent-ils ? Quels sont les profils sociaux et pratiques prioritairement visés ? Quels sont les contextes les plus favorables à l'essor des dénonciations ? Le présent ouvrage réunit des contributions d'historiens, de politistes et de sociologues venus de neuf pays. Ces contributions offrent, à travers un riche éventail d'études de cas révélateurs, passés et contemporains, une vision contrastée de la dénonciation, à la fois fruit de transformations de longue durée et témoin de l'entrée récente dans une ère marquée par des formes inédites de défiance à l'égard du pouvoir.

Ethics --- corruption --- dénonciation --- histoire --- morale

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The Ambivalence of Power in the Twenty-First Century Economy contributes to the understanding of the ambivalent nature of power, oscillating between conflict and cooperation, public and private, global and local, formal and informal, and does so from an empirical perspective. It offers a collection of country-based cases, as well as critically assesses the existing conceptions of power from a cross-disciplinary perspective. The diverse analyses of power at the macro, meso or micro levels allow the volume to highlight the complexity of political economy in the twenty-first century. Each chapter addresses key elements of that political economy (from the ambivalence of the cases of former communist countries that do not conform with the grand narratives about democracy and markets, to the dual utility of new technologies such as face-recognition), thus providing mounting evidence for the centrality of an understanding of ambivalence in the analysis of power, especially in the modern state power-driven capitalism. Anchored in economic sociology and political economy, this volume aims to make 'visible' the dimensions of power embedded in economic practices. The chapters are predominantly based on post-communist practices, but this divergent experience is relevant to comparative studies of how power and economy are interrelated.

Political entrepreneurship. --- Political corruption. --- Geopolitics.

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Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the largest landowner and richest woman in the Hawaiian kingdom. Upon her death in 1884, she entrusted her property--known as Bishop Estate--to five trustees in order to create and maintain an institution that would benefit the children of Hawai'i: Kamehameha Schools. A century later, Bishop Estate controlled nearly one out of every nine acres in the state, a concentration of private land ownership rarely seen anywhere in the world. Then in August 1997 the unthinkable happened: Four revered kupuna (native Hawaiian elders) and a professor of trust-law publicly charged Bishop Estate trustees with gross incompetence and massive trust abuse. Entitled "Broken Trust," the statement provided devastating details of rigged appointments, violated trusts, cynical manipulation of the trust's beneficiaries, and the shameful involvement of many of Hawai'i's powerful. No one is better qualified to examine the events and personalities surrounding the scandal than two of the original "Broken Trust" authors. Their comprehensive account together with historical background, brings to light information that has never before been made public, including accounts of secret meetings and communications involving Supreme Court justices.

Political corruption. --- History of the Americas

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"LoPucki provides a scathing attack on reorganization practice. Courting Failure recounts how lawyers, managers and judges have transformed Chapter 11. It uses empirical data to explore how the interests of the various participants have combined to create a system markedly different from the one envisioned by Congress. LoPucki not only questions the wisdom of these changes but also the free market ideology that supports much of the general regulation of the corporate sector." -Robert Rasmussen, University of Chicago Law School.

Judicial corruption --- Forum shopping --- Corporation law --- Bankruptcy --- Corruption --- Misconduct in office --- Jurisdiction --- Law and legislation