Does Law Matter?
On Law and Economic Growth
One of the most discussed questions in social science of the last decade is to what extent differences in economic development among countries can be explained by differing law and institutions. According to the ‘legal origins’-thesis, the answer is clear: it claims that differences in economic performance are to a large extent dependent on whether a country belongs to the civil law or common law family. Others have severely criticised this thesis. This volume takes stock of the debate and offers an integrated approach that not only takes into account the insights of economics, but also of comparative law and empirics.
This book is published to celebrate the 100th volume in the Ius Commune Europaeum series. Its publication also marks the 20th anniversary of the Maastricht European Institute for Transnational Legal Research (METRO) and the founding of the Maastricht European Private Law Institute (MEPLI).
About this book
‘It should be in all libraries of those interested the theory of legal origin.’
M. Kadima- Nzuji in Revue de droit international et de droit comparé (2013) 255.
Type of product | Book |
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Format | Hardback |
EAN / ISSN | 9789400002173 |
Series name | Ius Commune Europaeum |
Weight | 925 g |
Status | Temporarily unavailable |
Number of pages | xvi + 418 p. |
Access to exercice | No |
Publisher | Intersentia |
Language | English |
Publication Date | Oct 17, 2011 |
Available on Jurisquare | No |
Available on Strada Belgique | No |
Available on Strada Europe | No |
Available on Strada Luxembourg | No |
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- Table of Contents
- Introduction
Michael Faure, Jan Smits - PART I: GENERAL
- The Functionalism of Legal Origins
Ralf Michaels - Law and Financial Development: What We are Learning from Time-Series Evidence
John Armour, Simon Deakin, Viviana Mollica, Mathias Siems - Legal Origins and Empirical Credibility
Eric Helland, Jonathan Klick - Measuring the Immeasurable: How to turn Law into Numbers
Mathias Siems - Law, Economics and History: Endogenous Institutional Change and Legal Innovation
Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Carmine Guerriero - Make or Take, Why Law can cause Growth
Robert D. Cooter, Hans-Bernd Schäfer - Legal Systems as Networks
Anthony Ogus - The Role of Law in Economic Growth and Development
Thomas Ulen - PART II: COMMON LAW, CIVIL LAW AND CHINA
- Efficiency of the Common Law
Nuno Garoupa, Carlos Gómez Ligüerre - On the Law and Economics of the Origins of the French Civil Code
Bertrand Crettez, Bruno Deffains, Guillaume Leyte, Laurent Pfister - Does China need Law for Economic Development?
Julan Du - PART III: SPECIFIC FIELDS OF LAW
- How does Corporate Law Matter? ‘Law and Finance’ and Beyond
Alessio Pacces - The Role of Property Law in Economic Growth
Guangdong Xu - Does Environmental Law Matter?
Michael Faure