Foreign Investments, the Rule of Corrupted Law and Transnational Systemic Corruption in Uganda's Mineral Sector

The relationship between corruption, particularly when systemic, and the rule of law is a circular one. On the one hand, corruption undermines the rule of law; on the other hand, a weak rule of law facilitates corruption. In a sort of parasitic relationship, corruption quickly attaches to the flaws and the loopholes of the legal-institutional system and from them it grows, infecting other branches of the law and the institutions. Inadequate regulation and ineffective enforcement, therefore, play a formidable causal role in the systemization of corruption, either intendedly or unintendedly. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the corruptogenic effects of the law, broadly considered as both norms and institutions, and their impact on the rule of law in the context of foreign investments in the Uganda mining sector