Research Catalog

Title

Law and economics in developing countries / Edgardo Buscaglia ; William Ratliff.

Author

Buscaglia, Edgardo

Publication

• Stanford : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [2000]
• ©2000

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ratliff, William E.
• Hoover Institution Press, publisher.

Description

x, 125 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book focuses on the critical link between legal/judicial systems and successful reform of political and economic institutions and practices in developing countries. The authors demonstrate that poverty is in large part the result of laws, judiciaries, and other legal mechanisms that fail to promote the generation of wealth by all citizens in the private sector. They note the main substantive and procedural legal factors that developing nations must address. Using empirical studies conducted on several continents, they make realistic recommendations for legal and judicial reforms that have been implemented and shown to promote economic efficiency, development, better governance, and general well-being. The book is intended for the general informed reader as well as for policymakers in governments and civil society."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 469

Uniform Title

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 469.

Subject

• Law and economics
• Law > Economic aspects > Developing countries
• 86.79 mixed fields of law: other
• Law and economics
• Law > Economic aspects
• Recht
• Wirtschaftsentwicklung
• Recht
• Economische ontwikkeling
• Corruptie
• Arbitrage
• Alternatieven
• Developed countries
• Economic law
• Judicial system
• Rättsekonomi
• Developing countries
• Entwicklungsländer

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-119) and index.

Contents

The Context and Methodology of Law and Economics 1 -- Chapter 1 The Economic Impact of Legal Norms in Developing Countries 9 -- Efficiency and the Source of Legal Norms 9 -- Legal Transplants, Political Culture, and Economic Efficiency 14 -- Case Study: Intellectual Property Laws in Developing Countries 19 -- Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights: The Multilateral Framework 27 -- Chapter 2 Legal and Economic Integration: The Cases for and against Legal Transplants 31 -- Legal Integration and Economic Development 34 -- Legal and Economic Integration 35 -- Legal and Economic Integration: The Case of Latin America 36 -- Trade and Legal Convergence 41 -- Case Study: Mercosur and Legal Integration 46 -- Legal Harmonizations versus Legal Transplants: Lessons for the Future 54 -- Chapter 3 Procedural Aspects of the Law and Economic Development 55 -- The Judiciary and Economic Development 55 -- Judicial Systems in Developing Countries 56 -- Case Study: Economic and Statistical Analysis of the Courts in Argentina and Venezuela 62 -- Policy Recommendations in Judicial Reforms 65 -- Chapter 4 Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Democracy in Developing Countries 71 -- The Judicial System's Present Failure 73 -- Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms: Advantages and Disadvantages 75 -- Public versus Private ADR: Advantages and Disadvantages 81 -- ADR Mechanisms: Use and Recommended Scope 84 -- Chapter 5 Economic Analysis of Systemic Official Corruption 87 -- Causes of and Responses to Corruption in Judiciaries 89 -- Corruption's Long-Term Impact on Efficiency and Equity 94 -- Corruption and Institutional Inertia 97.

ISBN

• 0817997725
• 9780817997724

LCCN

00027213

OCLC

• ocm43634623
• 43634623
• SCSB-9017544

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library