The Inter-American Convention Against Corruption ─ Annotated With Commentary

The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was adopted by the Organization of American States in 1997 to fight corruption within the governments of the Western Hemisphere. Manfroni (law and political sciences, Universidad Católica Argentina Santa María de los Buenos Aires, and president of the Public Ethics Foundation, an Argentine non-governmental organization) provides commentary on the sense, scope, and consequences of each article of the convention. Translated by Michael Ford, this volume is an updated, English language translation of "La Convencion Interamericana Contra la Corrupcion, Anotada y Comentada," published by Abeledo-Perrot in Buenos Aires No subject index. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Carlos A. Manfoni is an attorney, public policy consultant, President of the Public Ethics Foundation, an Argentine non-governmental organization dedicated to preventing corruption, and teaches at the school of law and political science at Universidad Catolica Argentina Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires. Richard S. Werksman is Senior Anticorruption Programs Adviser at the U.S. Department of State and serves as the U.S. government's lead expert on the Committee of Experts for the monitoring of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption. Both were members of the OAS Working Group that discussed and drafted the Convention.