The New Law and Economic Development: A Critical Appraisal

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 318 pages
• Published by: Cambridge University Press August 21, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0521677572
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521677578
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 15.2 ounces

Product Description
This book is a collection of essays that identify and analyze a new phase in thinking about the role of law in economic development and in the practices of development agencies that support law reform. The authors trace the history of theory and doctrine in this field, relating it to changing ideas about development and its institutional practices. The essays describe a new phase in thinking about the relation between law and economic development and analyze how this rising consensus differs from previous efforts to use law as an instrument to achieve social and economic progress. In analyzing the current phase, these essays also identify tensions and contradictions in current practice. This work is the first comprehensive treatment of this emerging paradigm, situating it within the intellectual and historical framework of the most influential development models since World War II.

Book Description
This book is an indispensable guide to understanding the legal face of globalization. It is the first one to provide a thorough and systematic analysis of the development theories, economic policies and legal ideas behind the reforms promoted by international institutions in developing countries.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: The New Law and Economic Development: A Critical Appraisal (Hardcover) The book is excellent. I have never seen such approach to the relationship between law and development. As a pos-graduation student researching the nexus law, institutions and development, this book gave me valuable tools to analyse the situation of my country, Brazil.