General and Specific Issues regarding the Objective Side of the Crime of Bribery, according to the Legal Provisions in Force

Abstract

The phenomenon of corruption – as it is not a mere random fact, but a true phenomenon - is one of the most frequent phenomena nowadays, which has a tendency to state its power in all areas of human life: social and private life, cultural and economic life, as well as the spiritual and educational life. Thus, the phenomenon of corruption is ever-present, so much so that society finds it to be indispensable to local administration and impossible to relinquish, thus affecting social welfare, stability, and progress. The present article aims to discuss relevant aspects of the objective side of the crime of bribery, by also listing the judicial practice in this domain.