Conference Program

LEGAL MEASURES AGAINST CORRUPTION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: PRINCIPLES, POLITICS, PROSPECTS

October 1-2, 2010

Final Conference Schedule

FRIDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2010

3:30-4:30PM     Registration

4:30-5:00PM     Welcome (by the Dean of Law, the Director of            CTLJ,and the President, Provost or VP (Research)

5:00-5:45PM     Keynote Address (by Farida Waziri, Chairman, Econonomic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria, “Policing for Corruption: Background, Breakthroughs, Challenges and Prospects: The Story of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission”

Moderator: Professor Paul D. Ocheje

5:45PM             Drinks Reception

SATURDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2010

7:45-8:30AM   Light Breakfast
Venue: Conference Room, Ron W. Ianni (Law Faculty) Building

8.30-10AM      PANEL ONE : THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ANTI-
CORRUPTION MEASURES

1.Obiora Okafor & Benson Olugbuo, “The Prosecution of Corruption-Related Crimes Committed by Foreign Actors and Entities: The
Case of Nigeria”

2. Indira Carr, “Anti-Corruption Commissions in Selected African Countries: The Disconnect Between Law and Practice”

3. Andrew Spalding, “Unwitting Sanctions: Understanding Anti-Bribery Legislation as Economic Sanctions Against Emerging Markets”

Moderator: Professor Paul D. Ocheje

10:00-10:15AM: Health Break/Refreshment

10:15AM- 12:15PM  PANEL TWO: DOMESTIC SUPPLY-SIDE LEGAL
MEASURES

1. Stuart Deming, “The Oil Industry and Africa: The Expanding Reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)”

2. John Hatchard, “The UK Bribery Act 2010”

3. Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, “The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada)”

4. Quingxiu Bu, “Multinational Corporate Liability Under Anti-Bribery Regimes in Selected Jurisdictions”

Moderator: Professor Maureen Irish

12:15-1:30PM    LUNCH

PLENARY PANEL: THE PROSPECTS OF ANTI-
CORRUPTION MEASURES

1. John Mukum Mbaku, “Law, Institutions and Corruption Cleanups in Africa”

2. Paul D. Ocheje, “Legislating Effectively Against Corruption in the Developing World: Some Considerations from a Rational Choice Perspective”

1:30-3:00PM PANEL THREE: CORRUPTION AND INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REGULATION

1.Eric Chaffee, “ Preventing Transnational Financial Corruption: The Need for Harmonization and Centralization of International Securities Law”

2. Julio Menezes, “Banking on Barack to Widen Access to SWIFT to Combat Corruption”

3. Ibironke Odumosu, “Reading Corruption in International Investment Arbitration: An Analysis of World Duty Free v. Kenya”

Moderator: Professor Marcia Valiante

3:00-3:15PM Health Break/Refreshment

3:15– 5:15PM PANEL FOUR: THE POLITICS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION
MEASURES – CASE STUDIES

1. Basil Ugochukwu, “Putting Corruption on a Leash: Politics and Judicial Integrity in Nigeria”

2, Gabriel Ferreyra-Orozco, “A Case-Study of Corruption in the Mexican Judicial System: Changes and Inertia”

3. Moses Ochonu, “Corruption and the African Past: Politics, Culture and the Problem of Naming”

4. Ato Onoma, “Abuse of Power and the Role of the Exceptional”.

Moderator: Professor Annette Demers

5:15-5:20PM: CLOSING REMARKS