The Jurisdiction of the UK Courts to Investigate the Crime of Commercial Bribery

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M.A. in International Trade Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

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Encountering bribery in commercial contracts is the one of the most important goals of international community. With prevalence of this problem, international organizations enacted conventions to encourage countries fighting against that. With enactment of anti-bribery convention and England adhesion to that, the parliament of England passed bribery act in 2010 to implement the principles and requirements of that convention. With passage of this act, England introduces to international community most comprehensive anti-bribery act to date. Because of importance of this act, Traders and multinational corporations apply particular preparations for cognition and performance of its provisions. Various provisions of this act create widespread jurisdiction for courts of England to prosecute most of domestic and foreign individuals and companies due to paying and getting of briber. The present research aims to study England court's jurisdiction in investigation into crime of commercial bribery due to breach of bribery acts provisions.

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Journal of Legal Research
Volume 19, Issue 43
October 2020
Pages 157-179

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