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Jurisdictional Conflicts and Solutions in Bribery Cases of Multinational Corporations
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Abstract
Commercial bribery by multinational corporations is hampering global economic development and threatening the legal authority of states. In dealing with such cases, countries often form violent conflicts of jurisdiction in cases due to differences in legislation, law enforcement and judicial systems, among other reasons. Such conflicts not only affect the efficiency of handling cases, but may also lead to a waste of law enforcement resources and the evasion of legal responsibility by multinational corporations. By introducing the basic types of jurisdiction in cases of multinational corporations, this paper points out the reasons for the formation of conflicts of jurisdiction among countries. Then this paper systematically analyzes some representative domestic acts and international conventions, and finds that most countries and international organizations are actively working on legislation. In many years of judicial practice, the world has achieved remarkable results in combating transnational commercial bribery. However, there are still many shortcomings in these existing legal mechanisms and implementation methods. This paper aims to propose a more efficient solution to the existing dilemma, and suggests that the mechanism for determining jurisdiction in bribery cases of multinational corporations should be further improved by strengthening the international cooperation mechanism and establishing a global anti-bribery body.
Keywords
Multinational corporation, Bribery, jurisdiction, International cooperation
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Wang,Y. (2024). Jurisdictional Conflicts and Solutions in Bribery Cases of Multinational Corporations. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,65,38-47.
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