RA needed (With some combination of interests in international business, criminal law enforcement; and law and the social sciences)
In connection with a study of the impact of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which seeks to reduce bribery by American firms doing business abroad, I need a research assistant preferably a JD candidate or a candidate with a law degree to collect and review a variety of background materials that describe how the Act has been implemented to date and what influences it has had, e.g. the Act’s influence on other OECD countries (in encouraging similar anti-corruption laws), varying levels of enforcement over time by the Department of Justice under different Administrations (e.g. number of prosecutions, filed, amounts of fines collected, and the like), and company’s assessment of what impact the law has had on their business.
This work would require tracking down and reading articles in law and related business and social science journals, tracking down and reading reports issued by the World Bank, IMF, and the OECD, identifying annual reports on prosecutorial activity issued by the US Department of Justice, and materials on the occasional symposia that have been held on the Act and similar laws. It would also entail examining the legislative history of the Act and subsequent Amendments, and reports on oversight hearings held by relevant Congressional Committees.
The RA would be responsible for producing three work products:
1) Copies of the most important articles and reports;
2) An annotated bibliography of relevant materials, organized into various topics or themes as determined by the RA; and
3) A memo identifying main themes and general agreements (if any) among the studies.
From all these reports we will write the first of a series of articles. A coauthership will be part of the work and once funding is obtained the prospects of a long term work are possible
Ultimately, this project, if additional funding is secured, should develop into a book or series or articles, but the first step will be an article that identifies the impediments to implementation and compliance with the FCPA. I’m hoping to attract an RA who would have a longer term interest in the project and who could at least be a co-author on at least on the initial article. [JD candidates can probably arrange to fulfill their writing requirement with work stemming from this project.
Work will commence at Nov 15 2009. Time commitment is variable and to be arranged.
Please contact Rivka Amado at 510- 388- 7814
Email; ramado@law.berkeley.edu
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