Kolawole Olaniyan Corruption and Human Rights sku-36953137

Kolawole Olaniyan's Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa is a hardcover Commercial Law Books title in the Studies in International Law series, number 52 (sku-36953137). It examines how corruption interferes with people's right to dispose of their natural wealth and resources, contributes to poverty and underdevelopment, and leads to other human rights violations.

Olaniyan argues that human rights mechanisms can provide victims of corruption with more effective remedies than criminal and civil legal mechanisms. The book considers how governing structures affect the enjoyment of rights, how corruption relates to poverty, and how systemic poverty threatens human rights.

It focuses on Africa while assessing how a human rights approach can support a traditional criminal law response to large-scale corruption. Endorsements by Dinah Shelton of The George Washington University Law School and Ndiva Kofele-Kale of SMU Dedman School of Law discuss its legal framework, analysis and contribution to scholarship.