2020
DOI: 10.21272/bel.4(4).76-83.2020
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Personal Corruption & Corrupting Laws: Montesquieu’s Twofold Theory of Corruption

Abstract: Traditional views tend to identify the problem of corruption in the dishonesty of public officials. The main purpose of the research is to recover Montesquieu’s view of corruption and show that there are at least two different causes of corrupt behaviors. In The Spirit of Laws, Montesquieu distinguishes “two kinds of corruption: one, when the people do not observe the laws, the other when they are corrupted by the laws; the latter is an incurable ill because it lies in the remedy itself.” Recent studies about … Show more

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“…that the conditions are not met, the action ceases to be a PKPU action and is outside the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court. [11] According to the provisions of Article 1 point (6) the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU, debt is an obligation that can be expressed in amounts of money, either directly or that will arise at a later date, which arises due to an agreement or law, and must be fulfilled by the Debtor. If the debt is not fulfilled, the Creditor has the right to obtain fulfillment from the Debtor's assets.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…that the conditions are not met, the action ceases to be a PKPU action and is outside the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court. [11] According to the provisions of Article 1 point (6) the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU, debt is an obligation that can be expressed in amounts of money, either directly or that will arise at a later date, which arises due to an agreement or law, and must be fulfilled by the Debtor. If the debt is not fulfilled, the Creditor has the right to obtain fulfillment from the Debtor's assets.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As the number of participants grows, the nature of the relationship changes from positive to negative. Given the fact that most shadow schemes of income concealment involve more than one person, increasing the level of shadow economy only exacerbates income inequality [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%