Saturday, November 13, 2010

Neglect of Duty and Breach of Trust: Ancient offences in the modern battle against impunity in the public service


Abstract:
Purpose – The paper seeks to contend that first, the current law treating Neglect of Duty and Breach of Trust as a single offence is incorrect; and second, that the offences can be an important tool in battling public corruption.

Design/methodology/approach – The paper traces the historical development of the offences throughout the Commonwealth.

Findings – The single-offence approach lacks historical antecedents and has not been uniformly adopted.

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