Ironically, politicians may be trading favors for campaign contributions with respect to the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), a foreign bribery law. Is there corruption in the enforcement of the U.S. government's far reaching foreign corruption statute? The evidence...

The Norden case raised within Australia two familiar and related issues of policy in the carriage of goods by sea, namely protectionism and foreign arbitration. In the process it answered a very practical question about the extent to which a London (or any foreign) charterparty arbitration...

The incentives of political agents to enforce tax collection are key determinants of the levels of compliance. We study the electoral response to the Ghost Buildings program, a nationwide anti-tax evasion policy in Italy that used innovative monitoring technologies to target buildings hidden...

Consumer law enforcement is high on the European legislator's agenda. The German consumer law enforcement landscape is not unaffected by these European developments. Traditionally, law enforcement in Germany has primarily been carried out by way of civil litigation relying on active consumer...

Family violence is particularly destructive because the danger exists within the sanctuary of the home and of intimate relationships, exploding where there is little chance for respite. Without a firm commitment to combat family violence, this behavior will continue to flow from generation to...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been responsible for the supervision of Australia's licensed financial markets, such as the Australian Securities Exchange, since August 2010. As part of this responsibility, ASIC has developed market integrity rules (MIRs) with...

China's recent enforcement of its Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) has caused alarm and concern among Multinational Companies (MNCs). Many MNCs believe that the primary purpose of China's AML is not to create open, fair, and market-based competition but is to serve the Industrial Policy goals of China's...

China's recent crackdown on government corruption and commercial bribery by multinational companies is widely known. As part of this campaign against bribery, the Chinese government has promulgated a number of new laws against corruption and bribery as well as lengthy and binding interpretations...

The purpose of this article is to examine the role of the Securities and Futures Investors Protection Center (SFIPC) in Taiwan in enforcing the duties of directors. To help shareholders or investors pursue a director for breach of company law or securities regulations, Taiwan created the SFIPC,...