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In this chapter we explore what is meant by fraud and corruption. These ‘terms’ are contentious regardless of the country and legal system in which they are defined. In some cases, depending on the legal system, codifying fraud and corruption are recent. For example, until the Fraud Act 2006 in England and Wales there was no specific codified offence of fraud, relying instead a succession of ‘theft acts’ (Goldspink and Cole 2002; Ormerod and Williams, 2005; Doig, 2006). Passing laws might codify an offence, but in a common law system such as that in England and Wales there is room for contestation and interpretation of ‘laws’.
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© 2013 Graham Brooks, Azeem Aleem and Mark Button
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Brooks, G., Aleem, A., Button, M. (2013). Defining Fraud and Corruption in Sport. In: Fraud, Corruption and Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137290717_2
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