Rules, rubrics and riches : the interrelations between legal reform and international development / Shailaja Fennell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fennell, Shailaja, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and economic development.

Law--Economic aspects.

Law.

Law and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rules, Rubrics and Riches highlights the limitations of existing approaches to understanding the relationship of the law to the process of development. It interrogates neoclassical economic thinking that draws on the narrow rubric of self-interest to understand the acquisition of riches. It takes issue with both the traditional 'law and development' movement, that was unable to shake colonial overtones, and the more recent 'law and economics' school that continues to emphasise the centrality of rational man at the micro level and the superiority of linear models of economic progres

Contents:

Front Cover; Rules, Rubrics and Riches; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1. The market economy, the rule of law and the path of development; 2. All in the family: gender and identity within the household; 3. Group rights, distributional conflicts and the making of unequalidentities; 4. National and sub-national institutions; 5. The interface between the global and the national; 6. Dissonances and discordances: from deaf ears to inclusivedevelopment; 7. Reclaiming law and development: ensuring equitable rules, inclusive rubrics and sustainable riches; Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"A GlassHouse book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-31032-7

1-135-31033-5

1-282-37761-2

9786612377617

0-203-87151-0

9780203871515

OCLC:

609845511