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International Anti-Corruption Policies and the U.S. National Interest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Susan Rose-Ackerman
Susan Rose-Ackerman*
Affiliation:
Jurisprudence (Law and Political Science), Yale University; Transparency International-USA
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Anti-Corruption Initiatives in a Multipolar World
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 107 , 2013 , pp. 252 - 255
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2014

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References

1 DOJ & SEC, A Resource Guide to The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (NOV. 2012), available at http://www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa/guide.pdf.

2 Letter from U.S. Chamber of Commerce et al. to Hon. Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, DOJ, & George S. Canellos, Acting Director of Enforcement, SEC (Feb. 19,2013), at http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/sites/default/files/Coalition%20Letter%20to%20DOJ%20and%20SEC%20re%20Guidance_v2.pdf.

3 The Eleventh Circuit is considering the definition of “foreign official” in the appeals of two individual defendants. Rubenfeld, Samuel, Justice Department Attacks ‘Foreign Official ‘ Challenge in Appellate Brief, Wall St. J., Aug. 21, 2012 Google Scholar, http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2012/08/21/justice-department-attacks-foreign-official-challenge-in-appellate-brief/.

4 See DOJ & SEC, supra note 1, at 56.

5 Bribery Act (2010), c. 23, § 7 (Eng.).

6 See, e.g., Mike Koehler, Revisiting a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Defense, 2012 Wis. L. Rev. 609 (2012).

7 For a summary of the differences between the FCPA and UKBA, see Duncan Wiggetts & Richard F. Hans, A Comparison of the UK Bribery Act & the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (2011), available at http://www.dlapiper.com/files/Uploads/Documents/UKBA%20v%20FCPA%20+%20contacts.pdf.

8 The Chamber claims that its proposals “will help grow jobs during a time when millions of U.S. citizens are looking for one.” See, e.g., Kim, Harold, House Hearing: An Important Step Toward Fixing the FCPA, ChamberPost (June 15, 2011)Google Scholar, at http://www.chamberpost.com/2011/06/house-hearing-an-important-step-toward-fixing-the-fcpa/.

9 Id.

10 Andrew Weissmann & Alixandra Smith, Restoring Balance: Proposed Amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 6–7 (Oct. 2010), available at http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/sites/default/files/restoringbalance_fcpa.pdf.