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Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WHY THIS BOOK? Neo and Other Economics Stages in Economic Development Thinking Legal Institutions: The Law and Finance Literature The Dual Aim of This Book Economic Regulation and Corruption Economic Growth: The Big Picture PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON LAW AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1. Where Does the Rule of Law Fit in Economic Development? The Content of the Rule-of-Law Concept What is the Problem that a Rule-of-Law Approach Addresses? The Role of Foreign Assistance Some Preliminary Questions about Institutions An Advance Look at Some Conclusions 2. Legal Institutions, Legal Origins and Governance Common Law Civil Law Legal Origins as a Theory of Development Preliminary Questions Some Anomalies Legal Origins and Public Law Governance as an Alternative Theory Box 2-1. Why Should the Common Law Be Superior? 3. Competing Explanations Geography Culture Values and Cultural Regions Legal Culture 4. Institutions and History Early European Substitutes for the Rule of Law: Boycotts and Reputation The Nation-State Predation and the Rule-of-Law Dilemma Legal Evolution in England Assessing the Glorious Revolution Constitutions Nonconstitutional Elements of the Rule of Law PART II: ENFORCEMENT, CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY 5. Judiciary An Effective Judiciary: The Question of "Formalism" Judicial Efficiency Court Decisions as Law Structural Independence Behavioral Independence Administrative Review Legal Origins and Independence of the Judiciary 6. Contracts and Property Long-Term Contracts The Relation of Contracts to Property Property 7. Land Legal Uncertainty Urban Real Estate Sources of Legal Uncertainty Issues in Titling Transferability: Precedents and Problems Implementation Problems Communal Land Another Look at History From Communal Property to Individual Property Part III: THE FINANCIAL SECTOR 8. Equity Capital and Corporation The Corporation in Historical Perspective Advantages of the Corporation Today Legal Origin Analysis of Equity Markets Corporate Governance Dual Class Shares and Pyramids The Blockholder Phenomenon Legal Protection Securities Laws 9. Credit Markets, Banks, and Bankruptcy The Role of Banks Directed Lending, Crony Capitalism, and Related Lending The Relationship of Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy Secured Credit The Relevance of Legal Origin Economic Development, Law and Finance, and Legal Origin Culture and Religion What Is Meant by a Common Law Origin in Creditors Rights? U.S. Corporate Reorganization Practices A Survey of Developing Countries Policy Implications Credit Registries PART IV: A REVIEW OF SOME KEY THEMES 10. The Implications of a Rule of Law Approach to Economic Development Implementing an Institutional Approach Law and Finance: A Reprise The Judiciary Equity Markets Credit Markets A Personal Caveat A Parting Challenge 11. China as a Test Case China's Ranking on a Law and Finance Scale World Bank Rankings The Chinese Economy: Is a Slowdown in Growth Ahead? A Closer Look at the Chinese Growth Record Enforcement and the Chinese Judiciary The Transition in China's Economic and Legal Structure The Rise of Stock Exchanges and Securities Regulation Corporate Governance Credit Markets Legal and Institutional Reform Guided Evolution? REFERENCES
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Economic development.
Rule of law.