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Freedom from Corruption: The New Human Right?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Andy Spalding
Andy Spalding*
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Richmond School of Law
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New Voices: Human Rights
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 107 , 2013 , pp. 483 - 486
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2014

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References

1 Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 132 S. Ct. 1738 (2012) (No. 10-1491), 2012 WL 2165340.

2 The full text of the Alien Tort Statute reads: “The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (2006).

3 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, Pub. L. No. 95-213, 91 Stat. 1494 (1977) (codified as amended at 15 U.S.C. §§ 78m(b), (d)(1), (g)–(h), 78dd(l)–(3), 78ff (2006)), amended by Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-418, 102 Stat. 1107 (1988) (codified as amended at 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd(1)–(3), 78ff); International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998, Pub. L. No. 105-366, 112 Stat. 3302 (1998) (codified as amended at 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd(1)–(3), 78ff) [hereinafter FCPA].

4 Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Justice Secures More than $2 Billion in Judgments and Settlements as a Result of Enforcement Actions Led by the Criminal Division, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/January/11-crm-085.html.

5 Grimm, Daniel J., The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Merger and Acquisition Transactions: Successor liability and Its Consequences, 7 N.Y.U. J. L. & Bus. 247, 249–50 (2010)Google Scholar (citation omitted).

6 John Locke, The Second Treatise on Civil Government 34 (Prometheus Books 1986).

7 Id. at 50.

8 Kroh, Kiley, Breaking Down the BP Settlement: Where Will the Money Go?, Thinkprogress (NOV. 16, 2012, 9:19 AM)Google Scholar, http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/ll/16/1202821/breaking-down-the-bp-settlement-where-will-the-money-go/.

9 White House, National Security Strategy (2010), http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/national_security_strategy.pdf.