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The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 2: Law, Equity, and Development

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
World Bank, author, issuing body.
Contributor:
International Finance Corporation.
Woolcock, Michael, Contributor.
Palacio,Ana, Contributor.
Series:
World Bank legal review ; Volume 2.
World Bank legal review, ; Volume 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Law--United States.
Law.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 589 pages) : illustrations.
Other Title:
World Bank Legal Review, Volume 2
The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 2
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] World Bank Publications 2006
Language Note:
English
Contents:
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Foreword
Introduction: Rules Systems and the Development Process1
Caroline Sage and Michael Woolcock
Part I Law, Justice and the Development Process
What is the Role of Legal and Judicial Reform in the Development Process?
33
Amartya Sen
The Multiple Edges of Law: Dealing with Legal Pluralism in Development Practice
51
Franz von Benda-Beckmann
Promise or Plunder? A Past and Future Look at Law and Development
87
Laura Nader
Should Justice Reform Projects Take Non-State Justice Systems Seriously? Perspectives from Latin America
113
Julio Faundez
Poor Justice or Justice for the Poor? A Policy Framework for Reform of Customary and Informal Justice Systems in Africa
141
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Legal Empowerment: Impact and Implications for the Development Community and the World Bank
167
Stephen Golub
Transnational Human Rights and Local Activism: Mapping the Middle
185
Sally Engle Merry
Crime, Justice Systems, and Development Assistance
215
Christopher Stone
Youth, Crime and Criminal Justice in South Africa
235
Amanda Dissel
Politics, Institutions, and Society: Seeking Better Results
263
Peter Gourevitch
Part II Policies, Principles, and the Development Context
The Legal Aspects of the World Bank's Work on Human Rights: Some Preliminary Thoughts
295
Roberto Da ino
Economics and the Right to Basic Services
325
Varun Gauri
Human Rights and the World Bank: Practice, Politics, and Law
353
David Kinley
A Human Rights based Approach to Development: Theoretical and Operational Issues for the World Bank
385
Mac Darrow
Equity, Development, and the World Bank: Can Ethics Be Put into Practice?
419
Desmond McNeill
One Species, One Planet: Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
441
Daniel Magraw and Owen Lynch
Owning Culture? Pursuing Equity: From International Law to Enterprise Development
483
Richard Kurin
Part III Recent Developments
The World Bank's Policy on Physical Cultural Resources
505
Charles E. Di Leva
The World Bank's New Policy on Indigenous Peoples, 2005
525
Salman M.A. Salman
List of Contributors553
Index.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
ISBN:
0-8213-8651-4
Publisher Number:
10.1596/978-0-8213-6831-2

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