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British Bribery Legislation: How the UK Bribery Act Came About

In: Corruption

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  • Nick Kochan
  • Robin Goodyear

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UK legislation against bribery has its origins deep in the 19th century. Courts and plaintiffs had been wrestling with concepts of corruption, of public service and of obligation and duty to employers since the middle of the century. But after a long period when the courts used common law to prosecute allegations of bribery, they finally created coherent statutes with the 1889 Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act and then with the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1916. The latter was prompted by bribery involving sales to the government of trousers for soldiers.

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  • Nick Kochan & Robin Goodyear, 2011. "British Bribery Legislation: How the UK Bribery Act Came About," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Corruption, chapter 3, pages 55-73, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-34334-4_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230343344_4
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