Corruption: From International Law and Ethics to Realpolitik and Amoralism Part 2: The Macro Approach

By embarking on a project that primarily accentuates the macro aspect of international law, the spotlight falls on grand corruption. Various considerations concerning international law per se are accommodated in the context of the uncac and the untoc. One of the objectives is to ascertain what amounts to a case of evolutionary inertia as regards international norm identification. Another purpose of the exercise is to distill some macro–micro learning lessons, which may result in a change of methodology and strategy in the future. The conclusions for the research elaborate on findings and insights that are both applicable to country-specific scenarios and to the more general endeavor of inspiring policymakers and legal scholars to engage in critical discourse.