LEGAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION

Abstract

In legal literature there is a big amount of definitions of corruption due to the complexity of this phenomenon. The article considers various legal and theoretical approaches to the definition of corruption. The Author mentions the problem of notional proximity of different definitions of corruption and proposes a method of identification of definitions which are close in meaning. The author also proposes to consider social and psychological aspects in definition of corruption as these aspects are regarded as an integral part of corruption.

Keywords

• corruption
• definition of corruption
• bribery
• abuse of office