Global economic crime – acting resolutely, thinking laterally

The author considers the influence of international law and its institution on measures to counter international economic crime and corruption, with particular reference to the situation in Cambodia following the Paris Peace Accords of 1991 and the work of the World Bank and OECD. Article by the Honourable Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG (Justice of the High Court of Australia) adapted from a speech presented at the 18th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, held at Jesus College, Cambridge from 10-17 September 2000. Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.