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Offshore Secrecy Centers and the Necessary Role of States: Bucking the Trend

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anthony P. Maingot*
Affiliation:
Florida International University in Miami (FL)

Extract

Despite the growing interest in the theme of corruption, one cannot yet speak of a body of research and analysis sufficient to the creation of inductive theory. This is not to say that there has not been interesting empirical and theoretical work done. However, most of this work has dealt with variations to the legal definition of corruption as being the illegal use of public office for private gain or, as V. O. Key, Jr. put it, the uninstitutionalized influence of wealth in a political system. The relationship between “power” and corruption has been a subject of analytical speculation since Plato posed, and Machiavelli revived, the “dirty hands” dilemma.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University of Miami 1995

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