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 Info | London ; New York : Routledge, |
| Description | xvi, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Law, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-324) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009010624 |
| ISBN | 9780415499552 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 0415499550 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 9780203870594 (ebk) |
| ISBN | 020387059X (ebk) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |