Corruption from a Regulatory Perspective

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This book seeks to enrich and, in some cases, reverse current ideas on corruption and its prevention. It is a long held belief that sanctions are the best guard against corrupt practice. This innovative work argues that in some cases sanctions paradoxically increase corruption and that controls provide opportunities for corrupt transactions. Instead it suggests that better regulation and responsive enforcement, not sanctions, offer the most effective response to corruption. Taking both a theoretical and applied approach, it examines the question from a global perspective, drawing on in particular a regulatory perspective, to provide a model for tackling corrupt practices.

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The book is clear and easy to follow this is an insightful and inspiring book that makes us think and enriches us. -- Professor Manuel Villoria, King Juan Carlos University * Public Integrity *
A welcome addition to the growing body of academic research in this area. -- David Gomez * Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers Quarterly Bulletin *
Professor de Benedettos comprehensive and inclusive analysis of the regulatory anticorruption approach and all it implies is both readable and comprehensible. Thats a feat in itself. I would recommend it to anyone involved in anti-corruption, especially those working in policy and advocacy roles. * Ruth Steinholtz, AretWork *
The book is particularly interesting, and not only for its analysis of the basic equation: to limit corruption, one must make good rules and monitor them well. For, beneath this basic equation, in fact, lie various aspects of complexity, which the book encounters on its way While keeping the strong line of the regulatory perspective, Maria de Benedetto is aware of all this complexity, and this makes her book all the more penetrating and effective. -- Jean-Bernard Auby * Ius Publicum *
This is a broad and deep analysis of corruption. It explores with great insight all aspects of corruption from an administrative law perspective, thus filling a gap in current bibliography. The book is an invaluable source of information for academics and practitioners alike. * Professor Helen Xanthaki, Faculty of Laws UCL *
Maria De Benedetto has produced a path-breaking study of the relationship between corruption and controls. It is a must-read for those who would seek to use rules, regulations and enforcement to address corrupt practices. It advances the literature on both corruption and regulation. * Rob Baldwin, Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics and Political Science, Director, LSE Executive Course on Regulation *
The book has many merits. First, it is a remarkable contribution to research on anticorruption law and policy The inquiry carried out in this book contributes to such literature by providing a sophisticated and well developed regulatory toolkit to tackle corruption A second merit of the book is its attempt to go beyond the technocratic dimension of regulatory anticorruption Finally, the book is an interesting (and successful) methodological experiment. The Author puts her disciplinary background in administrative law at the service of an inquiry in law and regulation. The dividend is rich. -- Edoardo Chiti * Italian Journal of Public Law *

Author Bio

Maria De Benedetto is Professor of Administrative Law at Roma Tre University, Italy.