Global perspectives on the rule of law / edited by James J. Heckman, Robert L. Nelson, and Lee Cabatingan.

Other author Heckman, James J. (James Joseph)
Other author Nelson, Robert L., 1952-
Other author Cabatingan, Lee.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionxvi, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

SeriesLaw, development and globalization
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.
General note"A GlassHouse book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-324) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009010624
ISBN9780415499552 (hbk)
ISBN0415499550 (hbk)
ISBN9780203870594 (ebk)
ISBN020387059X (ebk)

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