Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Gebundenes Buch

Fighting Grand Corruption

Beschreibung

Grand corruption-systemic, large-scale, and top-down misappropriation of public resources for private gain-remains a pervasive problem around the world. It affects the ability of governments to educate, feed, and care for their people. It undermines human rights, perpetuates impunity, and erodes trust in government and the judiciary. It strengthens disgruntlement, authoritarianism, and insurgency. Corruption, however, is not a static force. In this work, Naomi Roht-Arriaza explores how corruption has changed, and how new anti-corruption thinking, especially in Latin America, centers human rights, victims' access to justice, and reparations. Roht-Arriaza shows how activists have used outside pressure and support for local actors where state institutions have been captured and foregrounds anti-corruption considerations in dealing with transitional justice and atrocity crimes. Written with engaging stories and examples, this book will appeal to lawyers, scholars of Latin America, and anyone else interested in fighting kleptocrats with the goal of reclaiming the common good.

Autor

Naomi Roht-Arriaza is Distinguished Professor of Law (emerita) and Sullivan Professor at the University of California Law, San Francisco, where she taught international human rights, international law and torts for almost thirty years. She is the author of The Pinochet Effect (2005) and Impunity and Human Rights in International Law and Practice (1995) and coauthor of The International Legal System: Cases and Materials. She is the president of the Board of the Due Process of Law Foundation and on the coordinating committee of the UNCAC Coalition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781009550581
• ISBN-10: 1009550586
• Artikelnr.: 72701294