Combating Economic Crimes : Balancing Competing Rights and Interests in Prosecuting the Crime of Illicit Enrichment
Ndiva. Kofele-Kale
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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Medvirkende | Kofele-Kale, Ndiva. (Author)
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Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2011.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (249 p.)
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Combating Economic Crimes; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Table of cases; Table of legislation, treaties, and conventions; 1 Criminal law enforcement strategies for combating economic crimes; 2 Criminalization of illicit enrichment in domestic law; 3 Reversing the burden of proof in international and domestic law; 4 The right to a fair trial in international and domestic law; 5 Guidelines for assessing the compatibility of reverseonus with fair trial rights; 6 A framework for balancing competing rights and interests; Appendices; Notes; Index. - In the last decade a new tool has been developed in the global war against official corruption through the introduction of the offense of ""illicit enrichment"" in almost every multilateral anti-corruption convention. Illicit enrichment is defined in these conventions to include a reverse burden clause which triggers an automatic presumption that any public official found in ""possession of inexplicable wealth"" must have acquired it illicitly. However, the reversal of the burden of proof clauses raises an important human rights issue because they conflict with the accused individual's righ
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Emner | Conflict of laws
Conflict of laws -- Unjust enrichment. Human rights. International and municipal law. Vis mer... Unjust enrichment (International law).
Corruption Criminal law Criminal responsibility Domestic jurisdiction Folkerett : (NO-TrBIB)HUME08955 Individual responsibility International law Korrupsjon : (NO-TrBIB)HUME08895 Law, General & Comparative Law, Politics & Government Nasjonal jurisdiksjon : (NO-TrBIB)HUME58568 Straffeansvar : (NO-TrBIB)HUME58562 Strafferett : (NO-TrBIB)HUME08966 |
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ISBN | 9780415778473. - 9780415859165
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