This subject will consider the nature of corruption and a critically analyse the impact of corruption in different societies. It will cover the development of anti-corruption laws and the creation of inquisitional commissions in Australia with particular focus on the laws and institutions in New South Wales. This will include an analysis and evaluation of the additional investigative and special coercive powers granted to those commissions and the applicable practices, procedures and evidentiary rules. The course will also consider global efforts to counter corruption and will compare some of the laws, strategies and methods that have been adopted in an attempt to combat corruption in developed and developing economies.