Gift-Giving, Anti-Bribery Laws and the Nigerian Constitution: Matters Arising

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dc.contributor.authorBELLO, AKEEM
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T04:44:00Z
dc.date.available2022-01-12T04:44:00Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe article examines the culture of gift-giving against the background of anti-bribery laws, which preclude gift-giving in certain contexts, and the Code of Conduct for Public Officers which allows gift-giving in other contexts. It identifies what is wrong with bribery and uses this to distinguish between bribery and socio-cultural gift-giving practices in Nigeria. The article finds that the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, which allows public officers to receive gifts from relatives and personal friends on occasions recognized by custom, dilutes the constitutional objective to eradicate corruption and recommends their removalen_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of African Law, 58(2), pp. 278-302.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10110
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectmental element of bribery, wrong in bribery, Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectGift giving and briberyen_US
dc.subjectreciprocal giftsen_US
dc.subjectcultural perspective of bribery Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectreligious perspective of briberyen_US
dc.subjectculture of gift givingen_US
dc.subjectMuslim view of gifts and bribesen_US
dc.subjectChristian view of gifts and bribesen_US
dc.subjectGift giving and Nigerian Constitutionen_US
dc.subjectgift giving and Nigerian antibribery lawsen_US
dc.subjectGift-giving with remote possibility of briberyen_US
dc.subjectGift-giving with strong possibility of briberyen_US
dc.subjectGIFT-GIVING AND INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON CORRUPTIONen_US
dc.subjectBribery in the public sectoren_US
dc.titleGift-Giving, Anti-Bribery Laws and the Nigerian Constitution: Matters Arisingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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