Personal Corruption & Corrupting Laws: Montesquieu’s Twofold Theory of Corruption

Juarez-Garcia, M.I.

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Title	Personal Corruption & Corrupting Laws: Montesquieu’s Twofold Theory of Corruption
Authors	Juarez-Garcia, M.I.
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Keywords	corruption коррупция корупція legislation законодавство законодательство помірність модерация moderation montesquieu Монтеск'є Монтескье separation of powers разделение властей поділ влад spirit of the laws дух законів дух законов
Type	Article
Date of Issue	2020
URI	https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/81595
Publisher	Sumy State University
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Citation	Juarez-Garcia, M.I. (2020). Personal Corruption & Corrupting Laws: Montesquieu’s Twofold Theory of Corruption. Business Ethics and Leadership, 4(4), 76-83. https://doi.org/10.21272/bel.4(4).76-83.2020
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 Montesquieu’s account of corruption do not pay much attention to this distinction.
Appears in Collections:	Business Ethics and Leadership (BEL)