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Law and transnational corruption: the need for Lincoln's law abroad.
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Law and Contemporary Problems
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September 22, 2007
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- Carrington, Paul D.
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Duke University, School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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INTRODUCTION
The endemic corruption of weak governments in poor nations is a major impediment to the development of world trade beneficial to both those who work for a living and those who manage them. Public corruption, like private greed, is a problem everywhere. It was an identifying mark of the Roman Empire (1) and of many and perhaps most colonial regimes from their beginnings through the twentieth century. (2) As Judith Shklar has explained, wherever there is a self-serving elite, there is a need to "guard the guardians" against this form of original sin. (3) Benjamin Franklin wisely observed, "[t]here is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more ...
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