| Description |
xvi, 342 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Law, development and globalization |
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Law, development and globalization.
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| Note |
"A GlassHouse book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-324) and index. |
| Contents |
Rule-of-law temptations / Thomas Carothers -- Why developing countries prove so resistant to the rule-of-law / Barry R. Weingast -- Global justice / Amartya Sen -- The rule of law in Islamic thought and practice : a historical perspective / Timur Kuran -- The viability of the welfare state / James J. Heckman -- Comparing legal and alternative institutions in finance and commerce / Franklin Allen and Jun Q.J. Qian -- Law, finance, and the first corporations / Ron Harris -- The politics of courts in democratization / Thomas Ginsburg -- Principled principals in the founding moments of the rule-of-law / Margaret Levi and Brad Epperly -- The fight for basic legal freedoms : mobilization by the legal complex / Terence C. Halliday -- Social norms, rule of law, and gender reality : an essay on the limits of the dominant rule-of-law paradigm / Katharina Pistor, Antara Haldar, and Amrit Amirapu -- Constitutionalism and the challenge of ethnic diversity / Yash Ghai. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Rule of law.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Heckman, James J. (James Joseph)
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Nelson, Robert L., 1952-
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Cabatingan, Lee.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780415499552 (hbk) |
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0415499550 (hbk) |
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9780203870594 (electronic bk.) |
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020387059X (electronic bk.) |
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