Framing the global “Whistleblowers’ Revolution” as a vital response to democratic malaise, this volume examines the socio-legal dynamics surrounding the exposure of illegal or unethical practices in both the public and private sectors. The analysis covers innovative legal frameworks and protective regimes across multiple jurisdictions while also closing the divide between theory and practice. The volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars and practitioners alongside firsthand accounts from whistleblowers, resulting in a holistic approach that evaluates existing and prospective measures aimed at empowering truth-tellers and confronting entrenched cultures of silence.

The volume is structured to connect theory with lived experience. It moves from a transnational socio-legal analysis of global conditions (Part 1) to critical jurisdiction-based assessments across multiple countries (Part 2). The work then culminates in a series of firsthand narratives (Part 3), offered by insiders whose accounts reveal the significance, personal costs, and institutional consequences tied to speaking truth to power.

Dr. Costantino Grasso is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Exeter Law School. As of June 2018, he has been serving as an international expert in the areas of corruption and good governance for the Council of Europe. He qualified as a lawyer in Italy in 2004 and as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2011. His areas of expertise include transnational criminal law, corporate and economic crime, business organization, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, transparency, investigative journalism, and whistleblowing.