Captured by evil : the idea of corruption in law /
One of the most powerful words in the English language, corruption is also one of the most troubled concepts in law. According to Laura Underkuffler, it is a concept based on religiously revealed ideas of good and evil. But the notion of corruption defies the ordinary categories by which law defines...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Exploring corruption : the inadequacies of traditional theories
- The idea of corruption : toward a deeper understanding
- Corruption-as-disposition : a different crime
- An evil disposition : further explorations
- Corruption as capture-by-evil : desirable or not?
- Costs and benefits examined : three settings for corruption
- Corruption and moral values : some implications for government
- Coda : corruption and the rule of law